brain coral

noun

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

Words nearby brain coral

brailowsky, brain, brain candy, brain cell, brain concussion, brain coral, brain damage, brain death, brain drain, brain fart, brain fever

Origin of brain coral

First recorded in 1700–10

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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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