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Cay

See Key, a ledge.

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Key 92% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Atoll noun · 86% connection

an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts, Marine biology.

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Barrier reef noun · 86% connection

a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

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Coral reef noun · 86% connection

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

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Estuary noun · 86% connection

the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

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Firth noun · 86% connection

a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

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Florida key noun · 86% connection

a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

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Phytoplankton noun · 85% connection

photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae

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Plankton noun · 85% connection

the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

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Zooplankton noun · 85% connection

animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae

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Coral noun · 85% connection

marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

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Diatom noun · 84% connection

microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

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Nanoplankton noun · 84% connection

microscopic organisms found in plankton

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Planktonic algae noun · 84% connection

unicellular algae, one of four families of Charophyte green algae

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Potamoplankton noun · 84% connection

plankton that inhabit rivers

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Gorgonian noun · 84% connection

corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton

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Madrepore noun · 84% connection

corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Berme noun · 78% connection

A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.