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Gorgo'nidæ, n. pl. (Zool.) A genus and family of the sub-order Gorgon ace a, comprising branched polyps, which have a tendency to spread in a plane, forming a flattened or fan-shaped front, with a horn-like axis. gon. Gorgo'nian, a . Pertaining to or resembling a Gor Gorgon ill a, ( gòr -go-neēl'yd,) an island of Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean off Point Man glares. Gorgonize, v. a. To render utterly affrighted; to make stony hard or stiff, as at sight of the Medusa. Gor go phone, (gor-gof'ō-ne.) (Myth.) A daughter of Perseus and Andromeda, who married Perieres, king of Me enia. After the death of Perieres she married Æbalus. She is the first whom the mythologists mention as having had a second husband. Gorgophora, ( gor - gof'o -ra.) ( Myth .) A surname of Minerva, from her sægis (Fig. 38), on which was the head of the Gorgon Medusa. Gorham (goʻram), in Maine , a post-town of Cumber land co., about 10 m. W. by N. of Portland. Manuf . Woollens, carpets, and powder. Pop . (1897) about 3,000. Gorham, in New Hampshire, a post-town of Coos co Pop . ( 1890 ) 1,710. Gorham, in New York , a post-town and township of Ontario co., on Canandaigua lake, about 12 m. W.Ś.W. of Geneva. Pop . (1897) about 2,460. Gorham, in Ohio, a township of Fulton co., on the Michigan line.