单词 | honeycomb coral |
释义 | > as lemmashoneycomb coral honeycomb coral n. chiefly Palaeontology any of various corals having a honeycomb-like pattern, esp. those of the extinct genus Favosites. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > fossil > genus Favosites > member of honeycomb stone1658 honeycomb coral1790 1790 Compan. to Museum (Leverian Mus.) ii. 97 Copper ore intermixed with a fossil honeycomb coral, from Staffordshire. 1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man v. 91 The Favosites or honeycomb coral, presenting regular hexagonal cells with transverse floors or tabulæ. 1934 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 37 157 There is an abundance of silicified honeycomb coral and chert in the Niagara limestone. 2012 Whitsunday (Queensland) Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. 12 She saw some massive honeycomb corals spawning at Hardy Reef in November. < as lemmas |
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