STAGHORN CORAL

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Meaning:

Large branching coral resembling antlers

Synonyms:

stag's-horn coral; staghorn coral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("staghorn coral" is a kind of...):

madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral (corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands)

Holonyms ("staghorn coral" is a member of...):

Acropora; genus Acropora (coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals)

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