meaning of coral
1. The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.
3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
4. Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
5. marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
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