What is the meaning of Gorgon?

  • (n.) Anything very ugly or horrid.
  • (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
  • (a.) Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.
  • (n.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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