Meanings
nounbrain coral (plural brain corals)
plural brain corals
- Any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae.
The hundred yards of coral took him a quarter of an hour. When he got through and rested on a round lump of brain-coral under the shelter of a last niggerhead, he was glad that nothing but a hundred yards of grey-white water lay in front of him.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 204
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 腦珊瑚 /脑珊瑚
- 腦珊瑚 /脑珊瑚 (nǎoshānhú)any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
Estonian ajukorall
- ajukorallany of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
Finnish aivokoralli
- aivokoralliany of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
German Hirnkoralle
- Hirnkoralleany of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
Portuguese coral-cérebro
- coral-cérebroany of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
Russian кора́лл-мозгови́к
- кора́лл-мозгови́к (koráll-mozgovík)any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain
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