| 单词 | mushroom coral |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmushroom coral mushroom coral n. ( Fungia),extracted from coraln.1mushroom coral mushroom coral n. (originally) any coral having a skeleton shaped like a fungus; (later) spec. a member of the family Fungiidae of scleractinian corals, esp. Fungia fungites. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun] > coral > specific coral-stone1607 mushroom stone1668 starry stone1677 mushroom coral1681 stone-mushroom1687 organ-pipe coral1833 Neptune's cup1839 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. iii. 280 Mushroom-Coral. Fungites. So called from a little likeness it hath to a Toad-Stool. 1879 H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ xv. 385 The common Mushroom Coral,..(Fungia sp.), is most extraordinarily abundant. 1976 Audubon Sept. 41/2 Some corals, such as the mushroom coral, consist of a single giant polyp up to two feet long lying unattached on the ocean bottom. < as lemmas |
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