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Sea fan
A sea fan, or gorgonian, is a form of sessile colonial cnidarian, similar to a sea pen or a soft coral, found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in tropical and subtropical seawater. Individual tiny polyps form a colonies that are normally erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. Others may be whiplike, bushy, or even encrusting. A colony can be several feet high and across but only a few inches thick. They may be brightly coloured, often purple, red, or yellow.
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sea fan
Noun
1. corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton
(hypernym) gorgonian, gorgonian coral



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Sea fan

Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
  

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sea fan
n. กัลปังหาตระกูล Gorgonia (syn. gorgonian)

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sea fan
Eng: sea fan
Urdu: سَمَندَری پَنکھا ۔ مَرجانِیوں کی وہ قِسم جو پَنکھ رُوپی بَستی بَناتی ہے ،
  

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