coralline
English
Corallina pinnatifolia
Etymology
From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin.
Adjective
coralline (comparative more coralline, superlative most coralline)
- Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- 2020, David Farrier, “The Bottle as Hero”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
- Drifting idly around a broad oceanic arc, the bottle collides softly with tens of thousands of pelagic plastics all colonized by hard-shelled organisms, including barnacles, coralline algae, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
- 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 4, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
- The pigeon rocked itself backwards and forwards on the bough, swelling out its breast feathers and laying its coralline beak upon them.
- Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- coralline sponge
- corralline bedding
Translations
of red algae
of the material coral
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Noun
coralline (plural corallines)
- Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- An animal that resembles such a coral.
Italian
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