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corallums

corallums is the plural of corallum.

Meaning of corallum

Noun

corallum (plural corallums or coralla)

  1. (obsolete) The skeleton of a coral. It can be calcareous or horny, simple or compound.
    • I am fortunate enough to possess fine specimens of some three or four varieties of living, working coral "polyps," for such is the name by which the coral-builder is designated. These specimens are kept in pure sea-water, and I have studied their habits very carefully for years; they seem to be in...1878 April, William Emerson Damon, “Popular Science Monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Living Corals

Questions about corallums

What is corallums the plural of?
Corallums is the plural of corallum.

Words near corallums in the dictionary

  1. corallopyronins
  2. Corallos
  3. corallovexiid
  4. corallovexiids
  5. corallum
  6. corallums
  7. corally
  8. coralology
  9. coralomorph
  10. coralporosis
  11. coralroot

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