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...

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc..

Aporosa :: Aporosa (n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

Glomuliferous :: Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.

Coralline :: Coralline (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Columella :: Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..

Sclerodermata :: Sclerodermata (n. pl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.

Tetracoralla :: Tetracoralla (n. pl.) Same as Rugosa.

Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral..

Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil.

Madrepora :: Madrepora (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched..

Fission :: Fission (n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation..

Sea Mat :: Sea mat () Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.

Theca :: Theca (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.

Heliolite :: Heliolite (n.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks..

Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..

Coralwort :: Coralwort (n.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root..

Porites :: Porites (n.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms..

Coralline :: Coralline (n.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches..

Random Fonts

Most Popular