| 单词 | soft coral |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft coral soft coral n. any of numerous corals that lack a stony skeleton; (now usually) spec. those belonging to the order Alcyonacea; also as a mass noun. Cf. hard coral n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1869 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 323 A huge and beautiful species of Alcyonium (a soft coral called ‘dead-man's toes’) grew where it was left exposed at low water. 1983 Biol. Bull. 165 353 The soft corals (order Alcyonacea) are a large and diverse group of species among the Octocorallia. 2007 Dive Oct. 100/1 The reefs are all carpeted with gorgonians and soft corals. < as lemmas |
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