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corallite - 2 dictionary results

cor⋅al⋅lite

[kawr-uh-lahyt, kor-]
–noun
the skeleton of a single coral polyp.

Origin:
1805–15; < L corāll(ium) coral + -ite 1

Corallite

Cor"al*lite\, n. [L. corallum coral.]

1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]
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