coralline

a. 珊瑚的, 由珊瑚组成的 n. 珊瑚虫, 珊瑚状动物, 珊瑚状构造

词形变化

corallines 复数 corallines more coralline 比较级 most coralline 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

  2. 2.

    An animal that resembles such a coral.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

  2. 2.

    Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.

  3. 3.

    Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

相关短语

coralline sponge coralline sponges

词源

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms. By surface analysis, coral + -ine.

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