Thesaurus / corals

corals

synonyms for corals

QUIZ

Can You Tell The Difference Between "Been" Or "Being"?

I began to think you had gone to see the land 'where corals lie.'

THE OPENED SHUTTERSCLARA LOUISE BURNHAM

Shells, glistening sand, corals, and sea mosses lend beauty of color and form.

Besides rocks and mud there were abundant crinoids, holothurians, corals, crustaceans and "shells."

It is remarkable that one very beautiful class of natural objects is rarely employed in ancient decoration—shells and corals.

The water was deep and clear, so that there was no danger of wounding the feet by means of shells or corals.

Johnny transported thither his entire collection of shells, corals, etcetera, which had now grown to be quite extensive.

It grows in tufts, resembling corals; attains perfection in July, and disappears later in the summer.

Its surface, although smooth compared with that of other corals, is covered with very minute pores, which are of two sizes.

Hence these were formerly held to be vegetable—thus the sponges, polyps, and corals among the cœlenteria.

The madrepore corals are called reef-builders, but not in the sense of constructors of reefs.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985