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Word: Coral
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from Latin corallum, from Greek korallion, kouralion
ˈkɒrəl
a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas
Short Definition:hard substance forming reefs
Examples:- a coral reef
- the nearby coral islands, lagoons, and atolls
a sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight.
Short Definition:coelenterate of warm seas
the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked
Short Definition:edible roe of lobster
Examples:- we had scallops with their coral, in their fluted shells
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