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    STONY CORAL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islandsplay

    Synonyms:

    madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("stony coral" is a kind of...):

    coral (marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stony coral"):

    brain coral (massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface)

    stag's-horn coral; staghorn coral (large branching coral resembling antlers)

    mushroom coral (flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached))

    Holonyms ("stony coral" is a member of...):

    Madreporaria; order Madreporaria (stony corals)

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