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hydrocoral

[hahy-druh-kawr-uhl, -kor-]

noun

any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin Hydrocorallia or Hydrocorallinae; see hydro-¹, coral, coralline

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hydrocoral or hydrocoralline (ˌhaɪdrəˈkɒrəl)

—n
	any hydrozoan coelenterate of the order Milleporina (or Hydrocorallinae), which includes the millepores

[C20: from hydro- + coral]

hydrocoralline or hydrocoralline

—n

[C20: from hydro- + coral]

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hydrocoral

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