HyperDic: brain_coral

English > 1 sense of the expression *brain coral*:
NOUN	animal	brain coral	massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface

English > *brain coral*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface.
Member of	Maeandra, genus Maeandra	brain corals
Broader	stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral	corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands