How to use corallite in a sentence
The home of each animal is called a corallite, and the aggregation of many corallites is a corallum.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldThe corals of this genus are hemispherical masses covered with small star-shaped pits, or corallites.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldArborescent; corallites arranged somewhat spirally on branches and widely separated; branches compact between corallites.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldIn species which form incrustations, new polyps arise from tissue which spreads beyond the corallites.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldFrom the top of the platforms other corallites are formed, and thus a colony is made, which broadens as it rises in its growth.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for corallite
/ (ˈkɒrəlaɪt) /
the skeleton of a coral polyp
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