"Porite" is a word in ENGLISH

A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a …

Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other …

A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil

ambalang n k. o. edible seaweed found in tidal flats. It is green, soft, and has short straight branches similar …

anapug n {1} k. o. soft shale. {2} soft coral rock. -an n place where there is shale or coral …

The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, …

antúbung n k. o. large, branching coral.

A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; …

banáwog - A high-priced black coral; it is found in various shapes, often resembling a walking stick.

banawug, banáwug n k. o. coral that looks like a leafless shrub. The body is sponge-like in consistency and tough. …

A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste …

buraybúray n k. o. coral fishes (Pomecentridae), similar to ipus-ipus.

One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by …

A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.

A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously …

A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or …