STAGHORN CORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staghorn coral mean? 

• STAGHORN CORAL (noun)
  The noun STAGHORN CORAL has 1 sense:

1. large branching coral resembling antlers

  Familiarity information: STAGHORN CORAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAGHORN CORAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large branching coral resembling antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

stag's-horn coral; staghorn coral

Hypernyms ("staghorn coral" is a kind of...):

madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral (corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands)

Holonyms ("staghorn coral" is a member of...):

Acropora; genus Acropora (coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals)