Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Corticifer /(k?r-t?s"?-f?r)/ · Cor·tic·i·fer · IPA 01 n. One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark. 1. One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.(Zool.)