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octocorals

octocorals is the plural of octocoral.

Meaning of octocoral

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

Questions about octocorals

What is octocorals the plural of?
Octocorals is the plural of octocoral.

Words near octocorals in the dictionary

  1. octocopters
  2. octocoral
  3. octocorallian
  4. octocorallians
  5. octocoralline
  6. octocorals
  7. octocore
  8. octocrylene
  9. octodactylous
  10. octode
  11. octodecanoid

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