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Definition of coral
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of coral is as below...
Coral (n.) The hard parts or
skeleton
of
various
Anthozoa,
and of a few
Hydrozoa.
Similar
structures
are also
formed
by some
Bryozoa..
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Coralloid
::
Coralloid
(a.)
Having
the form of
coral;
branching
like
coral.
Proliferous
::
Proliferous
(a.)
Producing
a
cluster
of
branchlets
from a
larger
branch;
-- said of
corals.
Lithogenous
::
Lithogenous
(a.)
Stone-producing;
-- said of
polyps
which form
coral.
Calicle
::
Calicle
(n.) One of the small
cuplike
cavities,
often with
elevated
borders,
covering
the
surface
of most
corals.
Each is
formed
by a
polyp.
(b) One of the
cuplike
structures
inclosing
the
zooids
of
certain
hydroids.
See
Campanularian..
Cow-pilot
::
Cow-pilot
(n.) A
handsomely
banded,
coral-reef
fish, of
Florida
and the West
Indies
(Pomacentrus
saxatilis);
--
called
also
mojarra..
Coenenchyma
::
Coenenchyma
(n.) The
common
tissue
which
unites
the
polyps
or
zooids
of a
compound
anthozoan
or
coral.
It may be soft or more or less
ossified.
See
Coral.
Polypidom
::
Polypidom
(n.) A
coral,
or
corallum;
also, one of the
coral-like
structure
made by
bryozoans
and
hydroids..
Tubipora
::
Tubipora
(n.) A genus of
halcyonoids
in which the
skeleton,
or coral
(called
organ-pipe
coral),
consists
of a mass of
parallel
cylindrical
tubes
united
at
intervals
by
transverse
plates.
These
corals
are
usually
red or
purple
and form large
masses.
They are
natives
of the
tropical
parts of the
Indian
and
Pacific
Oceans..
Heliopora
::
Heliopora
(n.) An East
Indian
stony coral now known to
belong
to the
Alcyonaria;
--
called
also blue
coral.
Polyp
::
Polyp (n.) One of the
feeding
or
nutritive
zooids
of a
hydroid
or
coral.
Pennatulacea
::
Pennatulacea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
alcyonoid
corals,
including
the
seapens
and
related
kinds.
They are able to move about by means of the
hollow
muscular
peduncle,
which also
serves
to
support
them
upright
in the mud. See
Pennatula,
and
Illust.
under
Alcyonaria..
Millepora
::
Millepora
(n.) A genus of
Hydrocorallia,
which
includes
the
millipores..
Isis
::
Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or
family
Isidae,
composed
of
joints
of
white,
stony
coral,
alternating
with
flexible,
horny
joints.
See
Gorgoniacea..
Corallin
::
Corallin
(n.) A
yellow
coal-tar
dyestuff
which
probably
consists
chiefly
of
rosolic
acid. See
Aurin,
and
Rosolic
acid under
Rosolic..
Meandrina
::
Meandrina
(n.) A genus of
corals
with
meandering
grooves
and
ridges,
including
the brain
corals..
Erythrina
::
Erythrina
(n.) A genus of
leguminous
plants
growing
in the
tropics;
coral tree; -- so
called
from its red
flowers.
Keratophyte
::
Keratophyte
(n.) A
gorgonian
coral
having
a horny axis.
Exotheca
::
Exotheca
(n.) The
tissue
which fills the
interspaces
between
the
costae
of many
madreporarian
corals,
usually
consisting
of small
transverse
or
oblique
septa..
Pomacentroid
::
Pomacentroid
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
Pomacentridae,
a
family
of
bright-colored
tropical
fishes
having
spiny
opercula;
-- often
called
coral
fishes..
Corallite
::
Corallite
(n.) One of the
individual
members
of a
compound
coral;
or that part
formed
by a
single
coral
animal.
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