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–noun

1.	the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.

2.	such skeletons collectively, forming reefs, islands, etc.

3.	the solitary or colonial polyp that secretes this calcareous skeleton.

4.	a reddish yellow; light yellowish red; pinkish yellow.

5.	the unimpregnated roe or eggs of the lobster that when boiled take on the color of red coral.

6.	something made of coral, as an ornament, piece of jewelry, or a child's toy.

–adjective

7.	made of coral: a coral reef; coral ornamentation.

8.	making coral: a coral polyp.

9.	resembling coral, esp. in color; yellowish-red.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME coral(l) < L corāll(i)um < Gk korllion red coral, equiv. to korall- (< Sem; cf. Heb gōrāl pebble) + -ion dim. suffix

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cor·al·like, adjective

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–noun

a female given name.

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cor·al Audio Help (kôr'əl, kŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A rocklike deposit consisting of the calcareous skeletons secreted by various anthozoans. Coral deposits often accumulate to form reefs or islands in warm seas.
2. Any of numerous chiefly colonial marine polyps of the class Anthozoa that secrete such calcareous skeletons.
3. The red-orange, pinkish, or white deposits secreted by corals of the genus Corallium, used to make jewelry and ornaments.
4. An object made of this material.
A deep or strong pink to moderate red or reddish orange.
The unfertilized eggs of a female lobster, which turn a reddish color when cooked.

adj. Of a deep or strong pink to moderate red or reddish orange.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin corallium, from Greek korallion.]

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coral

c.1305, from L. corallium, from Gk. korallion, probably of Sem. origin (cf. Heb. goral "small pebble," Ar. garal "small stone"), originally just the red variety found in the Mediterranean, hence use of the word as a symbol of "red." Coral snake (1760) is so called for the red zones in its markings.

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coral
adjective
1.	of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
noun
1.	a variable color averaging a deep pink
2.	the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
3.	unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
4.	marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

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coral1 [ˈkorəl] noun, adjective

(of) a hard substance of various colours, made up of skeletons of a kind of tiny sea animal
Example: a necklace made of coral; a coral reef

Arabic:	مَرْجـان
Chinese (Simplified):	珊瑚, 珊瑚虫
Chinese (Traditional):	珊瑚, 珊瑚蟲
Czech:	korál
Danish:	koral; koral-
Dutch:	koraal
Estonian:	korall
Finnish:	koralli
French:	(de) corail
German:	die Koralle; Korallen-…
Greek:	κοράλι
Hungarian:	korall(piros)
Icelandic:	kórall
Indonesian:	koral
Italian:	corallo; di corallo*

Japanese:	さんご
Korean:	산호(로 만든)
Latvian:	korallis; koraļļu-
Lithuanian:	koralas
Norwegian:	korall
Polish:	koral
Portuguese (Brazil):	coral
Portuguese (Portugal):	coral
Romanian:	(de) coral
Russian:	коралл
Slovak:	koral
Slovenian:	korala; koralen
Spanish:	coral
Swedish:	korall
Turkish:	mercan

coral2 [ˈkorəl] noun, adjective

(of) an orange-pink colour

Arabic:	لوْن المَـرجـان
Chinese (Simplified):	珊瑚色
Chinese (Traditional):	珊瑚色
Czech:	korálová barva
Danish:	koralrød
Dutch:	koraalrood
Estonian:	korallpunane
Finnish:	korallinpunainen
French:	corail
German:	korallenrot
Greek:	κοραλένιος
Hungarian:	korall
Icelandic:	rauðbleikur litur
Indonesian:	warna koral
Italian:	(color) corallo*

Japanese:	さんご色の
Korean:	산호빛(의)
Latvian:	koraļļkrāsa
Lithuanian:	koralo spalva, koralo spalvo~s
Norwegian:	korallrød
Polish:	koralowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	coral
Portuguese (Portugal):	coral
Romanian:	corai
Russian:	коралловый цвет
Slovak:	koralová farba
Slovenian:	koralen
Spanish:	coral
Swedish:	korallröd, korallfärgad
Turkish:	mercandan(yapılmış); mercan rengi

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Any of numerous small, sedentary cnidarians (coelenterates) of the class Anthozoa. Corals often form massive colonies in shallow sea water and secrete a cup-shaped skeleton of calcium carbonate, which they can retreat into when in danger. Corals are related to the sea anemones and have stinging tentacles around the mouth opening that are used to catch prey.
A hard, stony substance consisting of the skeletons of these animals. It is typically white, pink, or reddish and can form large reefs that support an abundance of ocean fish.

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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, including bottom-up fixpoint evaluation and top-down backtracking. Modules are separately compiled; different evaluation methods can be used in different modules within a single program. Disk-resident data is supported via an interface to the Exodus storage manager. There is an on-line help facility. It requires AT&T C++ 2.0 (or G++ soon) and runs on Decstation and Sun-4.
(ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/).
(1993-01-29)

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Coral Springs, FL (city, FIPS 14400) Location: 26.26892 N, 80.25904 W
Population (1990): 79443 (29785 housing units)
Area: 60.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33065

Coral Gables, FL (city, FIPS 14250) Location: 25.69910 N, 80.26436 W
Population (1990): 40091 (16561 housing units)
Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 15.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33133, 33134, 33145, 33146

Coral Hills, MD (CDP, FIPS 19825) Location: 38.87165 N, 76.92352 W
Population (1990): 11032 (3907 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Coral Terrace, FL (CDP, FIPS 14412) Location: 25.74565 N, 80.30475 W
Population (1990): 23255 (7789 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Cape Coral Centr, FL Zip code(s): 33904, 33909, 33914, 33990, 33991

North Coral Spri, FL Zip code(s): 33067

Coral, MI Zip code(s): 49322

Cape Coral, FL (city, FIPS 10275) Location: 26.63768 N, 81.99719 W
Population (1990): 74991 (34486 housing units)
Area: 272.2 sq km (land), 32.4 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Coral

C[oe]*nen"chym\, Coenenchyma \C[oe]*nen"chy*ma\n. [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. ? common + ? something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Zo["o]l.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Coral

Heb. ramoth, meaning "heights;" i.e., "high-priced" or valuable things, or, as some suppose, "that which grows high," like a tree (Job 28:18; Ezek. 27:16), according to the Rabbins, red coral, which was in use for ornaments. The coral is a cretaceous marine product, the deposit by minute polypous animals of calcareous matter in cells in which the animal lives. It is of numberless shapes as it grows, but usually is branched like a tree. Great coral reefs and coral islands abound in the Red Sea, whence probably the Hebrews derived their knowledge of it. It is found of different colours, white, black, and red. The red, being esteemed the most precious, was used, as noticed above, for ornamental purposes.

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