Coralline
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Coralline is an adjective meaning Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
Meaning
Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
More Meanings
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
- Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
- Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- An animal that resembles such a coral.
Example Sentences
The pigeon rocked itself backwards and forwards on the bough, swelling out its breast feathers and laying its coralline beak upon them.
Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs.
Word Forms
- corallines
Synonyms for coralline
Depending on context, synonyms include coral, coralloid, coralloidal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydroxyapatite, oolite, corolline, heterocoralloid, floridean, coralliferous.
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