| 单词 | brain coral |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrain coral brain coral n. a living or fossil scleractinian coral of the family Faviidae, forming large spheroidal masses with surface grooves that resemble the convolutions of a human brain; cf. brain stone n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > genus Meandrina > member of brain stone1681 brain coral?1711 meandrite1802 meandrine1950 ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 68 Common American Brain Corall... So call'd for its likeness to humane Brains. 1889 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1888 303 The brain coral (Diploria) and various gorgonians develop here in great profusion. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) vii. 162 The well-known Meandrina or Brain-coral. 2004 Sport Diver Aug. 100/2 Divers are guaranteed an encounter with..the largest brain coral ever recorded in the Caribbean. brain coral brain coral n. ( Meandrina)extracted from coraln.1< as lemmas |
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