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Coral

The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Relating to color, or to colors.

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Anthozoan 76% connected

Pertaining to the Anthozoa.

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Pink 76% connected

A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.

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Roe 76% connected

A roebuck. See Roebuck.

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Gorgonian 76% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

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Madrepore 76% connected

Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

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Lobster 70% connected

Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. v…

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Actinaria n. pl. · 78% connection

A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, a…

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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

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Bone noun · 78% connection

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony subs…

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Cell noun · 78% connection

One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are compose…

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Coelenterata n. pl. · 78% connection

A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the sto…

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Frame verb · 78% connection

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by…

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Funiculus noun · 78% connection

In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

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Gill noun · 78% connection

any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

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Hard superl. · 78% connection

Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping…

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Hardpan noun · 78% connection

The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

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Hydroidea n. pl. · 78% connection

An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephae.

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Hydrozoal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.

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