Usually means: Mythical creature with snakes, petrifies.
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  1. gorgon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Gorgon, gorgon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Gorgon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Gorgon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Gorgon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gorgon, gorgon: Wordnik
  7. Gorgon, gorgon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gorgon: Wiktionary
  9. Gorgon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Gorgon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Gorgon: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Gorgon, gorgon: Dictionary.com
  13. Gorgon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Gorgon (DC Comics), Gorgon (Inhuman), Gorgon (Tomi Shishido), Gorgon (U.S. missile), Gorgon (comics), Gorgon (computer game), Gorgon (disambiguation), Gorgon (video game), Gorgon, The Gorgon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Gorgon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. gorgon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Gorgon: Rhymezone
  18. Gorgon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. gorgon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Gorgon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. gorgon: FreeDictionary.org
  22. gorgon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Gorgon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. gorgon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gorgon: Global Glossary
  2. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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  1. Gorgon: Encyclopedia

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  1. gorgon: A Word A Day
  2. gorgon: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. gorgon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gorgon: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gorgon)

noun:  (Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
noun:  An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
adjective:  Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of Demogorgon (“a pagan god or demon”)

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