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Webster 1913 Edition


Corallite

Cor′al-lite

,
Noun.
[L.
corallum
coral.]
1.
(Min.)
A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal.
[Written also
corallet
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Corallite

CORALLITE

,
Noun.
A mineral substance or petrifaction , in the form of coral; or a fossil polypier, larger than a corallinite.

Definition 2024


corallite

corallite

English

Noun

corallite (plural corallites)

  1. (marine biology) The hard outer cup of a coral polyp

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