Search Result for "stony_coral":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands;
[syn: stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See Stone.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust. [1913 Webster] 2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. [1913 Webster] The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. [1913 Webster] Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stony coral n 1: corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands [syn: stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral]