Meaning Of The Word Gorgon

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Gorgon in American English
any of three sisters with snakes for hair, so horrible that the beholder is turned to stone
noun: 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

Gorgon in British English
noun: any of three winged monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, who had live snakes for hair, huge teeth, and brazen claws

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