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brain coral

–noun
any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, having a highly convoluted and furrowed surface.

Origin:
1700–10
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brain coral  
n.  Any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, forming rounded colonies that resemble the convolutions of the human brain.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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