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fire coral

Syllabification: (fire cor·al)
Definition of fire coral

noun

  • a colonial corallike hydrozoan, the heavy external skeleton of which forms reefs. The polyps bear nematocysts that can inflict painful stings.
    • Genus Millepora, order Hydroida (or Milleporina), class Hydrozoa

fire coral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fire coral in the British & World English dictionary