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 protected area Kunagado and his friends have cultivated is bursting with corals and is now home to hundreds of heat-resistant "super corals" that may protect the village from the impacts of rising sea temperatures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The review covered hundreds of species on the IUCN's "red list" -- icons like staghorn and table corals whose mineral skeletons give reefs their dazzling three-dimensional complexity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The study in Nature said that projected rises in ocean temperatures and other pressures "primarily determined when and where, rather than if, conditions will become unviable for corals".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
They have a mutualistic relationship with symbionts, which produce the vast majority of food the corals require, in return for shelter, as well as water and the carbon dioxide they need to photosynthesize.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was full of the glitter and twinkle of jewelry, corals and metals and precious stones.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
