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octocoral

octocoral noun: an anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.

Noun

octocoral (plural octocorals)

  1. (marine biology) An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.
    • Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral.2024 March 11, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2024

Synonyms of octocoral

Forms of octocoral

pluraloctocorals

Origin of octocoral

Back-formation from translingual Octocorallia. By surface analysis, octo- + coral.

Questions about octocoral

What does octocoral mean?
Octocoral means an anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.
What part of speech is octocoral?
Octocoral is a noun.
What is the plural of octocoral?
The plural of octocoral is octocorals.

Words near octocoral in the dictionary

  1. octoclothepin
  2. octocog alfa
  3. octocontrabass
  4. octocopter
  5. octocopters
  6. octocoral
  7. octocorallian
  8. octocorallians
  9. octocoralline
  10. octocorals
  11. octocore

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