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Definition of Coral reef

1. Noun. A reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone.

Definition of Coral reef

1. Noun. A mound or hummock of compacted coral skeletons ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Reef

Literary usage of Coral reef

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1904)
"No coral reef is visible outside of the sandstone reef along this distance, ... The first considerable coral reef south of Pernambuco is at Candeias. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The general method uf formation of a coral-reef becomes readily intelligible on a consideration of the conditions which are requisite fur the existence and ..."

3. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"... Queensland—A lecture — Reminiscences of Captain Cook — Lecturing for charity at Cooktown —A happy escape from a coral reef — Home Island, Sunday Island, ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"The origin of the long curving line of coral reef stretching southwestward from southern Florida to the Tortugas, and having a total length of 120 miles, ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"Before proceeding any further, it becomes necessary to remove this difficulty out of the way. • GLIMPSES OF LIFE ALONG A coral reef. ..."

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