brain coral en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae.
The hundred yards of coral took him a quarter of an hour. When he got through and rested on a round lump of brain-coral under the shelter of a last niggerhead, he was glad that nothing but a hundred yards of grey-white water lay in front of him.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 204:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brain corals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
pt coral-cérebro (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) · cmn 腦珊瑚 /脑珊瑚 (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) · fi aivokoralli (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) · et ajukorall (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) · ru кора́лл-мозгови́к (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain) · de Hirnkoralle (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain)