corallivore
corallivore noun: any animal that eats coral.
Noun
corallivore (plural corallivores)
- Any animal that eats coral.
- Acanthaster is potentially the most important corallivore in the eastern Pacific, due to its large size and high rate of consumption (about 0.5 m” of coral tissue per month). This corallivore is especially interesting ecologically because of its preferential feeding behavior; it tends to prey on...2013, U. Seeliger, Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America, page 293
Forms of corallivore
| plural | corallivores |
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Origin of corallivore
From coral + -vore.
Words formed from corallivore
Questions about corallivore
- What does corallivore mean?
- Corallivore means any animal that eats coral.
- What part of speech is corallivore?
- Corallivore is a noun.
- What is the plural of corallivore?
- The plural of corallivore is corallivores.
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