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brain coral

Any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, forming rounded colonies that resemble the convolutions of the human brain.

brain coral

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain

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brain coral - massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface

madrepore, madriporian coral, stony coral - corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands

genus Maeandra, Maeandra - brain corals

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