English Explanatory Dictionary

hexacoral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the subclass Hexacorallia of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry.

Word forms

hexacoral hexacorals

Etymology

Partial calque of translingual Hexacorallia. By surface analysis, hexa- + coral.

Synonyms

hexacorallian
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