| 单词 | stony coral |
| 释义 | stony coral (once / 513884 pages) n WORD FAMILY stony coral: stony corals USAGE EXAMPLESFor centuries, scientists thought that stony corals reproduced mainly by brooding offspring and bringing forth live young. New York Times(Jun 20, 2016) A diver swims above a garden of stony corals on the Great Barrier Reef, which is more than 1,250 miles long. National Geographic(Nov 16, 2015) Bacteria can evolve and adapt much faster than a stony coral can. Scientific American(Jun 03, 2015) n corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands Syn|Hypo|Hyper madrepore, madriporian coral brain coral massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface stag's-horn coral, staghorn corallarge branching coral resembling antlers mushroom coralflattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) coral marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs |
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