单词 | starry coral |
释义 | > as lemmasstarry coral starry coral n. any of various stony corals (order Scleractinia) or fossils of similar corals; = star stone n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae > having star-like forms star stone1652 starry stone1677 starry coral1681 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §i. iii. 277 The White Starry Coral... So called, because it is perforated with round and radiated Holes resembling little Stars. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 183 Some sorts of Starry Coral. 1863 M. Plues Geol. for Million x. 110 One lump speckled over with starry coral, attracted me. 1958 R. W. Miner in Illustr. Libr. Nat. Sci. I. 710/1 The brain coral is a massive dome-shaped colony, as is..the starry coral (Siderastrea). 2004 N. L. Evenhuis & L. G. Eldredge Nat. Hist. Nihoa & Necker Islands App. 199 Psammocora stellata..starry coral. < as lemmas |
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