Meanings
nounfan coral (countable and uncountable, plural fan corals)
plural fan corals
- countableuncountableAny of various corals of the genus Gorgonia and related genera, having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton; order Alcyonacea.
Translations
Māori pungatea
- pungateatype of coral
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APA
fan coral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20coral
MLA
“fan coral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20coral. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fan coral,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20coral.
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