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2. (Zoöl.) Formerly any
slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary
to bryozoan corals.

Cor"al*lin*ite (?), n.
(Paleon.) A fossil coralline.

Cor"al*lite (?), n. [L.
corallum coral.] 1. (Min.) A
mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of
coral.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the
individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a
single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]

Cor"al*loid (?), a. [L.
corallum coral + -oid: cf. F.
coralloïde.] Having the form of coral; branching
like coral.

Cor`al*loid"al (?), a.
resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T.
browne.

||Co*ral"lum (?), n. [L.]
(Zoöl.) The coral or skeleton of a
zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound.
See Coral.

Cor"al-rag` (?), n.


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