单词 | hard coral |
释义 | > as lemmashard coral hard coral n. any of numerous corals having a hard skeleton of calcium carbonate; (now) spec. those constituting the order Scleractinia, typically found on coral reefs; also as a mass noun; cf. stony coral n. at stony adj. Compounds 3.Contrasted with soft coral n. at soft adj. Compounds 2c. ΚΠ 1822 W. J. Hort Introd. Nat. Hist. 146 The most remarkable of the hard corals is the genus Gorgonia. 1935 Jrnl. Paleontol. 9 95/1 Of present boreal-arctic characteristics may be mentioned:... Absence of hard corals and other reef builders. 2004 Dive Sept. 87/1 A combination of illegal dynamite fishing, the 1997–98 El Niño and a crown-of-thorns infestation decimated the hard coral in the shallows. < as lemmas |
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