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coral snake
(encz) | coral snake,korálovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coral snake
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) 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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Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
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2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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coral snake
(wn) | coral snake
n 1: any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa
and Australia [syn: coral snake, Old World coral snake]
2: any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded
in red and black and either yellow or white; widely
distributed in South America and Central America [syn: {coral
snake}, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake] |
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eastern coral snake
(encz) | eastern coral snake, n: |
western coral snake
(encz) | western coral snake, n: |
Coral snake
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,
and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed
by some Bryozoa.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
[1913 Webster]
2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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eastern coral snake
(gcide) | harlequin snake \har"le*quin snake`\ n.
any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded
in red and black and either yellow or white, especially the
eastern coral snake, a small poisonous snake ({Micrurus
fulvius} or Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black,
found in the Southeastern United States. They are widely
distributed in Southern and Central America;
Syn: coral snake, New World coral snake.
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african coral snake
(wn) | African coral snake
n 1: small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa
banded in black and orange [syn: African coral snake,
Aspidelaps lubricus] |
asian coral snake
(wn) | Asian coral snake
n 1: of India |
australian coral snake
(wn) | Australian coral snake
n 1: small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-
white on red [syn: Australian coral snake, {Rhynchoelaps
australis}] |
eastern coral snake
(wn) | eastern coral snake
n 1: ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
[syn: eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius] |
new world coral snake
(wn) | New World coral snake
n 1: any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded
in red and black and either yellow or white; widely
distributed in South America and Central America [syn:
coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake] |
old world coral snake
(wn) | Old World coral snake
n 1: any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa
and Australia [syn: coral snake, Old World coral snake] |
western coral snake
(wn) | western coral snake
n 1: ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
[syn: western coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthus] |
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