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scleractinan

scleractinan is the alternative form of scleractinian.

Meaning of scleractinian

Adjective

scleractinian (comparative more scleractinian, superlative most scleractinian)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the corals of the order Scleractinia.
    • In the buildup to the big night—the mass spawning always occurs after sundown—the corals begin to “set,” which might be thought of as the scleractinian version of going into labor.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company

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Forms of scleractinan

pluralscleractinans

Questions about scleractinan

What is scleractinan the alternative form of?
Scleractinan is the alternative form of scleractinian.

Words near scleractinan in the dictionary

  1. Scleddau
  2. sclera
  3. scleracorneal
  4. scleractian
  5. scleractians
  6. scleractinan
  7. scleractinans
  8. scleractiniamorph
  9. scleractiniamorphs
  10. scleractinian
  11. scleractinians

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