coralloidadj.n.
/ˈkɒrəlɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈkɔrəˌlɔɪd/ A. adj.
Having the form or appearance of coral; akin to coral.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa > resembling coral
coralloid1604
coralloidal1646
coralliform1805
coralline1860
1604 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 1606 Fossil Corolloid Bodies.
1775 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 49 513 The greatest magazine of coralloid fossils, that I am acquainted with.
1874 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xiii. 178 From the abundance of these ‘coralloid’ mollusca the..White Crag obtained its popular name of Coralline Crag; but true corals, as now defined, are very rare in this formation.
B. n.
Any organism resembling or akin to coral; = coralline n.1 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of
coralline1721
coralloid1750
fenestella1849
bryozoan1851
moss-coral1853
polyzoan1856
moss animal1858
moss-polyp1876
fenestellid1882
moss animalcule1890
tentaculibranchiatec1904
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae
sea-fir1633
shrub coral1681
coralline1721
coralloid1750
sea-coralline1753
herringbone coralline1755
sea-beard1755
tree-coral1871
1750 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 646 Some resembled Pearl-Necklaces and were a kind of microscopical Coralloids.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 32 Other marine animals called coralloids raised walls and even mountains by the congeries of their calcareous habitations.
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