brain coral

noun

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

brain coral

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brain coral¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

The fossil is not unlike the existing brain-coral of the tropical seas (Fig. 118).

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Because of the appearance of the skeleton certain corals have received common names, as the organ-pipe coral, brain coral, etc.

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