English Explanatory Dictionary

octocoral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.

Word forms

octocoral octocorals

Etymology

Back-formation from translingual Octocorallia. By surface analysis, octo- + coral.

Synonyms

octocorallian octocoralline
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