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brain coral

brain coral noun: any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae.

brain coral: any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and...
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Noun

brain coral (plural brain corals)

  1. 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

brain coral meaning in Tamil

brain coral in Tamil

மூளைப் பவளம்

Forms of brain coral

pluralbrain corals

Questions about brain coral

What does brain coral mean?
Brain coral means any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae.
What is brain coral in Tamil?
Brain coral in Tamil is மூளைப் பவளம். See Brain coral meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brain coral?
Brain coral is a noun.
What is the plural of brain coral?
The plural of brain coral is brain corals.

Words near brain coral in the dictionary

  1. brain cells
  2. brain chip
  3. brain chips
  4. brain cloud
  5. brain clouds
  6. brain coral
  7. brain corals
  8. brain cramp
  9. brain cramps
  10. brain damage
  11. brain damages

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