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heterocoral

heterocoral noun: a coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.

Noun

heterocoral (plural heterocorals)

  1. A coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.
    • The presumed oldest heterocoral is Tetraphyllia devonica (Yoh, Jin, Zhen & Xie, 1984) from the Lower Devonian (Late Emsian) of Yunnan, southern China.2002, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie: Abhandlungen
    • Heterocoral apparently descended unsuccessfully from Rugosa.2013, W.J. Frazier, D.R. Schwimmer, Regional Stratigraphy of North America, page 183

Forms of heterocoral

pluralheterocorals

Questions about heterocoral

What does heterocoral mean?
Heterocoral means a coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.
What part of speech is heterocoral?
Heterocoral is a noun.
What is the plural of heterocoral?
The plural of heterocoral is heterocorals.

Words near heterocoral in the dictionary

  1. heterocomplexes
  2. heteroconjugation
  3. heterocont
  4. heteroconts
  5. heterocoordination
  6. heterocoral
  7. heterocoralloid
  8. heterocorals
  9. heterocosm
  10. heterocosmic
  11. heterocosms

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