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coralline
/ ˈkɒrəˌlaɪn /
adjective
- Alsocoralloid of, relating to, or resembling coral
- of the colour of coral
noun
- any of various red algae impregnated with calcium carbonate, esp any of the genus Corallina
- any of various animals that resemble coral, such as certain sponges
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Example Sentences
The lower and more coralline the island, the blacker the islanders; the more elevated and volcanic, the lighter.
Where the white "Coralline" Crag occurs, the pebble bed lies below it.
They are composed of coralline limestone, nowhere exceeding 200 feet above the sea, and are well wooded and tolerably fertile.
Those of the third class are the low coralline islands, usually having lagoons of water in their midst.
Thus are commenced those coralline islets of which you have seen so many in these seas.
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