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coralline Definition

cor·al·line (kôr′ə līn′, -lin)

noun

  1. any animal related to or resembling the corals
  2. any of a family (Corallinaceae) of red algae that produce limestone

Etymology: ModL corallina < the adj.

adjective

  1. consisting of coral or corallines
  2. resembling coral, esp. in color

Etymology: LL corallinus, coral-red

coralline Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • algae: It is mainly composed of the tests of coralline algae indicating deposition in a shallow gulf environment.
  • limestone: Small areas of the lower coralline limestone are exposed at the base of the cliffs.
  • beach: By boat to the coralline beach of Cerro Brujo, with its many sea and shorebirds.
  • growth: We came to flat places overgrown with fleshy red things, monstrous coralline growths; as we pushed against them they snapped and broke.

Browse dictionary entries near coralline

  1. ‹ coralberry
  2. ‹ Coral Springs
  3. ‹ coral snake
  4. ‹ Coral Sea
  5. ‹ coral reef
  6. ‹ coral bells
  7. ‹ coral
  8. ‹ coracoid
  9. ‹ coracle
  10. ‹ coraciiform
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