ancient organic reef of moundlike form built by a variety of marine invertebrates, including corals, echinoderms, gastropods, mollusks, and others; ... [1 related articles]
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a structure of biological origin (e.g., coral reef).
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bioherm, biohermal 1. A reef, such as a coral reef, formed from organic material. 2. A mound-like accumulation of fossil remains on the site where organisms lived. 3. A mound, dome, or reef-like mass of rock that is composed almost exclusively of the remains of sedentary marine organisms; such as, corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary mari...
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Mound of organic remains in a reef, also called areef knoll
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a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
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