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Definition of Coral

1. Noun. A variable color averaging a deep pink.

2. Adjective. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color.

3. Noun. The hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry.

4. Noun. Unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces.

5. Noun. Marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs.

Definition of Coral

1. n. The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.

Definition of Coral

1. Proper noun. (English female given name). ¹

2. Noun. A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps. ¹

3. Noun. A colony of marine polyps. ¹

4. Noun. (''colour'') A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral. ¹

5. Adjective. Made of coral. ¹

6. Adjective. Having the yellowish pink colour of coral. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coral

1. a mass of marine animal skeletons [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral

coracobrachial bursa coracobrachial muscle coracobrachialis coracoclavicular coracoclavicular ligament coracohumeral coracohumeral ligament coracoid coracoid process coracoid processes

coracoid tuberosity coracoidal coracoids coraggio corakan coral coral-root bittercress coral-wood coral bean coral bean tree

coral bleaching coral bush coral calculus coral drops coral fungus coral gem coral honeysuckle coral necklace coral pea coral reef

Literary usage of Coral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"There are only two general classes of rock in the entire archipelago,—lava and coral. The almost wholly submerged tiny islets that constitute the western ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"The rock there formed from coral mud or Band at moderate depths in the lagoon and off shore ... The origin of the long curving line of coral reef stretching ..."

3. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1903)
"Coral Polyp.—The animal which secretes coralline stone is no insect, ... A single coral polyp is very small, but, like many of the lower animals, ..."

4. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER XX KEELING ISLAND:—Coral FORMATIONS Keeling Island—Singular appearance—Scanty ... This is one of the lagoon-islands (or atolls) of coral formation, ..."

5. Text-book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie (1902)
"Coral-growth is prevented by colder water, and by the fresh and muddy water ... One of the essential conditions for the formation of coral- reefs is ..."

6. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1904)
"In at least one instance it seems probable that the coral reef (that at Parahyba do Norte) ... The coral reef could live in its present position, however, ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly (1872)
"There lie the white coral- beach, the massy foliage of the grove, ... Coral Island, or Atoli . . By a series of soundings, we have some idea of the depth of ..."

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