Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - coral
Coral
coral
n. & adj. --n. 1 a a hard red, pink, or white calcareous substance secreted by various marine polyps for support and habitation. b any of these usu. colonial organisms. 2 the unimpregnated roe of a lobster or scallop. --adj. 1 like coral, esp. in colour. 2 made of coral. Phrases and idioms coral island (or reef) one formed by the growth of coral. coral rag limestone containing beds of petrified corals. coral-snake any of various brightly-coloured poisonous snakes, esp. Micrurus nigrocinctus, native to Central America. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L corallum f. Gk korallion, prob. of Semitic orig.
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~lium, from Greek korallion Date: 14th century 1. the calcareous or horny skeletal deposit produced by anthozoan or rarely hydrozoan polyps, a polyp or polyp colony together with its membranes and skeleton, a piece of ~ and especially of red ~, 3. a bright reddish ovary (as of a lobster or scallop), a deep pink, ~ adjective ~loid adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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