coral reefs
- plural of coral reef.
Example Sentences
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To return to our voyage to the Isle of Pines.—All the afternoon the steamer threaded her way cautiously among the coral-reefs which rose almost to the surface.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
Them plaguey coral-reefs, too, are always springin’ up in these seas where you least expect ’em.
From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The subject of corals and coral-reefs is one concerning which much popular misconception has always prevailed.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
These animals are plant-animals, or zoophytes, and some of them build up coral-reefs, or islands, and it is one kind which produces the red coral of commerce.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
This is precisely paralleled by what we can observe in our existing coral-reefs.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
