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Gor·gon    Audio Help   [gawr-guhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
2.(lowercase) a mean, ugly, or repulsive woman.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L Gorgōn < Gk Gorg, der. of gorgós dreadful]

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Gor·go·ni·an    Audio Help   [gawr-goh-nee-uhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Gorgon, in Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa; daughters of Ceto and Phorcus. Their hair was a cluster of writhing snakes, and their faces were so hideous that all who saw them were turned to stone. Only Medusa was mortal. They were much represented in Greek art. 
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