hydrocoral

[ hahy-druh-kawr-uhl, -kor- ]

noun
  1. any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.

Origin of hydrocoral

1
<New Latin Hydrocorallia or Hydrocorallinae;see hydro-1, coral, coralline

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British Dictionary definitions for hydrocoral

hydrocoral

hydrocoralline

/ (ˌhaɪdrəˈkɒrəl) /


noun
  1. any hydrozoan coelenterate of the order Milleporina (or Hydrocorallinae), which includes the millepores

Origin of hydrocoral

1
C20: from hydro- + coral

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