scleractinian

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/ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniən/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the corals of the order Scleractinia.

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Meanings

adjectivescleractinian (comparative more scleractinian, superlative most scleractinian)

comparative more scleractinian · superlative most scleractinian

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the corals of the order Scleractinia.

    In the buildup to the big night—the mass spawning always occurs after sundown—the corals begin to “set,” which might be thought of as the scleractinian version of going into labor.

    2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company
nounscleractinian (plural scleractinians)

plural scleractinians

  1. Any of the corals of the order Scleractinia.

Origin

From Translingual Scleractinia + English -an.

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