coral
noun
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
corals
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pluralof coral.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The emergence this year of a "super" El Nino, the natural warming phenomenon, also presents a risk to corals, Gudka said at a news conference at the UN's COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Overfishing is also hurting corals as certain herbivores and predators help control algae and maintain an ecological balance, the organisation said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
A reef ecosystem collapses when hard corals -- which build its living foundation -- largely disappear and are replaced by algae, rubble and sponges.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
"While bleached corals may be dying, they are not dead yet," said lead author Danny Collins, an oceans PhD student at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
But from afar, a galaxy reminds me more of a collection of lovely found objects—seashells, perhaps, or corals, the productions of Nature laboring for aeons in the cosmic ocean.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
