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hydrocoral

[hahy-druh-kawr-uh l, -kor-]
noun
  1. any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
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Origin of hydrocoral

< New Latin Hydrocorallia or Hydrocorallinae; see hydro-1, coral, coralline
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British Dictionary definitions for hydrocoral

hydrocoral

hydrocoralline

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

C20: from hydro- + coral
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