coral
珊瑚,瑚,珊珊,玉米
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Definitions
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- : the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- : such skeletons collectively, forming reefs, islands, etc.
- : the solitary or colonial polyp that secretes this calcareous skeleton.
- : a reddish yellow; light yellowish red; pinkish yellow.
- : the unimpregnated roe or eggs of the lobster that when boiled take on the color of red coral.
- : something made of coral, as an ornament, piece of jewelry, or a child's toy.
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- : made of coral: a coral reef; coral ornamentation.
- : making coral: a coral polyp.
- : resembling coral, especially in color; yellowish-red.
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Examples
The mutation rate of mitochondria varies hugely from algae to tulips to coral.
More than half of the world’s coral reefs are in danger of disappearing.
If the coral can’t attract another algae roommate in time, the coral itself will die.
The scientists examined bleaching events in ocean corals between 2010 and 2019.
That way corals won’t experience more stress than they can handle.
Cason is now retired from the Foreign Service and is the mayor of Coral Gables, Florida.
Coral reefs are in decline, coastal dead zones are on the rise, and marine life is dying.
For as long as anyone could remember, Adam Winfield of Cape Coral, Florida, wanted to join the U.S. military.
Big British bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on Kate announcing she is pregnant again before the end of this month.
The Reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985, with two-thirds of the loss occurring after 1998.
The birds that build them swallow a certain kind of glutinous weed growing on the coral rocks.
Between these two ranges of islands we only obtained one cast of the lead which gave us thirty-three fathoms on a coral bottom.
All the islands are low and wooded, and surrounded by a coral reef of small extent.
I could observe groups and clusters of coloured coral and madrepore-stone, whose magnificence challenges all description.
Both the islets are surrounded by coral reefs, of small extent.