coralline

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
3. Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

Noun

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

Conceptes

coral·lí

Sinònims

coral

🪸

coral red

sea fan

alcyonarian coral

Traduccions

corallino

🪸

corallina

κοραλλοειδής

corallien

🪸

koraalachtig

koralen

coralino

🪸

koralina

mercana benzer

مرجانيّ

mercandan

مرجاني

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms.