coralline

English

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Etymology

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin.

Adjective

coralline (comparative more coralline, superlative most coralline)

Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 4,
  The pigeon rocked itself backwards and forwards on the bough, swelling out its breast feathers and laying its coralline beak upon them.
Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

Synonyms

Translations

of red algae

of the material coral

Asturian: coralín
Catalan: coral·lí

Galician: coralino
Spanish: coralino (es)

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Dutch: (material) ^{(please verify)} koralen, (organism) ^{(please verify)} koraal-

Noun

coralline (plural corallines)

Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
An animal that resembles such a coral.

Anagrams

allocrine, collinear

Italian

Adjective

coralline f pl

feminine plural of corallino

Anagrams

collinare, incollare, incollerà

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