hydrocoral

[ hahy-druh-kawr-uhl, -kor- ]

noun

1. any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.

hydrocoral

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈkɒrəl /

noun

1. any hydrozoan coelenterate of the order Milleporina (or Hydrocorallinae ), which includes the millepores

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrocoral¹

< New Latin Hydrocorallia or Hydrocorallinae; hydro- ¹, coral, coralline

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrocoral¹

C20: from hydro- + coral