| 单词 | elkhorn coral |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselkhorn coral elkhorn n. (more fully elkhorn coral) a staghorn coral, Acropora palmata (family Acroporidae), found in shallow waters throughout the Caribbean. ΚΠ 1928 W. Beebe Rec. Diving among Reefs Haiti x. 138 Unlike Sand Cay, its sea-fans and gorgonias were subordinate to its corals—massive brain mounds as big as automobiles, and elkhorn forests twelve and fifteen feet high. 1950 Jrnl. Ecol. 38 360 The elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata..with strong flattened branches and reaching 10 ft. or more in height, is another important form. 1998 R. Stone Damascus Gate iii. lxxiv. 496 There were sea fans and elkhorn and sea pens, bright grouper audibly crunching the coral. 2002 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 18 June 3 a An epidemic of ‘white pox’ that has decimated the once-plentiful elkhorn coral in the Caribbean Sea has been traced to bacteria found in sewage. < as lemmas |
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