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staghorn coral

staghorn coral noun: a stony coral (Acropora cervicornis), with cylindrical branches.

Noun

staghorn coral (plural staghorn corals)

  1. A stony coral (Acropora cervicornis), with cylindrical branches.
    • Stands of staghorn coral were bleaching white.2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 212

Forms of staghorn coral

pluralstaghorn corals

Words formed from staghorn coral

  • fused staghorn coral
  • noble staghorn coral
  • Yonge's staghorm coral

Questions about staghorn coral

What does staghorn coral mean?
Staghorn coral means a stony coral (Acropora cervicornis), with cylindrical branches.
What part of speech is staghorn coral?
Staghorn coral is a noun.
What is the plural of staghorn coral?
The plural of staghorn coral is staghorn corals.

Words near staghorn coral in the dictionary

  1. Staggs
  2. Staggses
  3. staggy
  4. staghorn
  5. staghorn clubmoss
  6. staghorn coral
  7. staghorn corals
  8. staghorn fern
  9. staghorn ferns
  10. Staghorn Flat
  11. staghorn moss

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