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Noun
/ˈkôrəl/,/ˈkär-/,
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corals, plural;
  1. A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas
    • - a coral reef
  2. Precious red coral, used in jewelry

  3. The pinkish-red color of red coral

  4. A sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight

  5. The unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked

  1. a variable color averaging a deep pink
  2. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
  3. the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
  4. unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
  5. marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
  6. Corals are marine organisms in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
  7. Gala Coral Group Ltd is a British betting shop, bingo and casino operator owned by private equity houses Candover Investments, Cinven and Permira. In October 2005 it merged with Coral Eurobet for £2.18 billion. The acquisition made it the UK's third largest bookmaker and largest bingo operator. ...
  8. Korall (Коралл) is a Russian cream cheese with a shrimp flavoring. The cheese began production in Soviet times. Today the brand has no single owner, and is produced by several companies.
  9. The various shades of the color coral are representations of the wide range of colors of the class of cnidarians also called corals. The complementary color of coral is teal.
  10. Precious coral or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton, which is used for making jewelry.
  11. Coral is a female first name of Indo-European origins. It derives from the term "kora halos" which translates to "maiden of the sea". It was the 943rd most popular name in the United States from 1900-1909, the 977th in 1991, and 988th in 1992.
  12. A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps; A colony of marine polyps; (colour) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral; Made of coral; Having the yellowish pink colour of coral
  13. A female given name
  14. (corally) Having the shape or form of coral; Containing coral
  15. (corals) several algae form symbioses (zooxanthellae) with corals. Notable among these is the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium, found in many hard corals. The loss of Symbiodinium, or other zooxanthellae, from the host leads to coral bleaching.
  16. The skeletal remains of marine animals, and has a range in color from red, pink, and salmon.
  17. unfertilized eggs of crayfish that turn a red color when cooked; stony substance secreted by colonial marine animals, often reddish
  18. To dream of coral, is momentous of enduring friend ship which will know no weariness in alleviating your trouble. Colored coral is meant in this dream. White coral, foretells unfaithfulness and warning of love.
  19. a small animal that is related to a jellyfish, but instead of swimming, it stays in one place and builds a limestone wall around itself. Most corals live in large colonies and form limestone rock "apartment building" homes.
  20. Invertebrates that secrete an internal, hard skeleton structure composed of calcium carbonate, which is absorbed from the surrounding water.
  21. an invertebrate animal with a calcium carbonate skeleton; related to the jellyfish and the sea anemone; as corals die, their skeletons create reefs
  22. Hebrew, rãmôth, should probably be substituted, Job 28:18, for "eminent things", and Ezekiel 27:16, for "silk" in the D.V. The coral dealt with at Tyre was that of the Red Sea or even of the Indian Ocean; coral seems to have been scarcely known among the Jews.
  23. a tiny animal (polyp) which exists in large colonies in warm, shallow, clear salt-water.
  24. aside from being a pretty color, a coral is an animal in the class Anthozoa that has colonial polyps and produces a calcium carbonate shell.
  25. The skeletons of a kind of sea-creature that lives in warm seas. Corals can become very big and form reefs