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Look up: coral

  1. Coral
    Coral is a marine organism related to sea anemones.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Coral
    Formed when small sea animals create living quarters, coral comes in colors ranging from vivid orange to palest pink. During the mid-Victorian large brooches of coral finely carved in high-relief floral sprays, or faces were popular. At the turn of the century, small natural pieces of branch coral or small cameos of coral were more popular.
    Found on http://www.indygem.com/productinfo_gloss

  3. Coral
    Coral is a township in McHenry County Illinois, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. coral
    [adj] - of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color 2. [n] - the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry 3. [n] - unfertilized lobster roe 4. [n] - a variable color averaging a deep pink 5. [n] - marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Coral
    a group of marine invertebrate animals that live in colonies, characterized by a calcareous skeleton; appears in a variety of shapes often forming reefs. Coral is also a term for crab roe or eggs.
    Found on http://www.fishonline.org/information/gl

  6. Coral
    Delayed-action Mortar Bomb [IL]
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  7. Coral
    important reef-building organisms known from the late Palaeozoic onwards. Fossil corals are good indicators of warm shallow marine environments. Corals can be solitary or part of a colony. A corallite is the skeleton formed by an individual coral polyp
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  8. CORAL
    1. Class Oriented Ring Associated Language. 2. A deductive database and logic programming system based on Horn-clause rules with extensions like SQL's group-by and aggregation operators. CORAL was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is implemented in C++ and has a Prolog-like syntax. Many evaluation techniques are supported, incl...
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  9. coral
    calcareous skeleton of a marine polyp Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. coral
    A hard, organic substance, formed from the skeletons of marine polyps and used for personal adornment since Egyptian times. The variety chosen for jewellery is solid, without visible indentations, and varies in colour from pinkish-white to red. Coral jewellery became popular in Britain in the mid- 19thC when it was imported from Naples and Genoa.
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  11. Coral
    Cor'al noun [ Of. coral , F, corail , Latin corallum , coralium , from Greek kora`llion .] 1. (Zoology) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. » The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria , and to the hydroid ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/158

  12. coral
    adjective of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. coral
    noun marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. coral
    noun a variable color averaging a deep pink
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  15. coral
    noun unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
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  16. coral
    red coral noun the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Coral
    `Corals` are skeletal remains of marine organisms from the class Anthozoa and exist as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals. The group includes the important reef builders that are found in tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral `head`, commonly perceived to be a single organism, is actually formed of thousands of individual but genetically identical polyps,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral

  18. Coral
    • (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. • (n.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. • (n.) The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.Coral: words in the ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. coral
    any of a variety of invertebrate marine organisms of the class Anthozoa (phylum Cnidaria) that are characterized by skeletons—external or internal—of ... [17 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/140

  20. Coral
    Coral is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `rock ` Where is it used? The name Coral is mainly used In English.See also In English: Coralie (F) Coral doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Coral appeared In the top-1000 was 16 years ago, In 1992. It ranked #990 In that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Cor

  21. Coral
    Simple marine animals that live symbiotically with algae. In the symbiotic relationship, the algae provides the coral with nutrients, while the coral provide the algae with a structure to live in. Coral animals secrete calcium carbonate to produce a hard external skeleton.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  22. coral
    1. a variable color averaging a deep pink
    2. unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
    3. marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

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  23. coral
    Large star coral, Montastrea cavernosa. Image credit: USGS The calcarous skeleton or fused skeletons of various cnidarians or the skeleton together with the animals (polyps) that secrete it. Coral-making organisms belong to the class class Anthozoa, which also includes the sea anemones.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  24. coral
    coral, small, sedentary marine animal, related to the sea anemone but characterized by a skeleton of horny or calcareous material. The skeleton itself is also called coral. Although most corals form colonies by budding, there are some solitary corals; in both types the individual animals, called pol...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08135


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