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brain coral
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brain coral
n.
Any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, forming rounded colonies that resemble the convolutions of the human brain.
brain coral
n
(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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Noun1.brain coral - massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surfacebrain 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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