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单词 brain coral
释义

brain coral


noun

any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, having a highly convoluted and furrowed surface.

Origin of brain coral

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby brain coral

brain candy, braincase, brain cell, brainchild, brain concussion, brain coral, brain damage, braindead, brain death, brain drain, Braine
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Example sentences from the Web for brain coral

  • This species is commonly known as brain-coral or brain-stone.

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British Dictionary definitions for brain coral

brain coral

noun

a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
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