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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the subclass Hexacorallia of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry.

Synonyms

All synonyms

hexacorallian

Etymology

Partial calque of translingual Hexacorallia. By surface analysis, hexa- + coral.

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