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‖ Meandrina|miːænˈdraɪnə|
[mod.L. Mæandrīna, fem. of *mæandrīnus adj.: see next. Cf. F. méandrine.]
A genus of corals the surface of which somewhat resembles the convolutions of the human brain; also, a polype of this genus.
1838Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 5) 638 Where the laminæ take a serpentine direction, they are called Meandrina, or brain stone. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) xiii. §560 Dense masses of Meandrinas and Astraeas. |