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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. -- Chain coral. See under Chain. - - Coral animal (Zo÷l.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. -- Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. -- Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). -- Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. -- Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

Cor"aled (?), a. Having coral; covered with coral.

Cor"al fish` (?). (Zo÷l.) Any bright-colored fish of the genera ChŠtodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.

Cor`al*la"ceous (?), a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

Co*ral"li*an (?), n. (Geol.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the o÷lite; -- called also coral- rag.

Cor`al*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -ferous.] Containing or producing coral.

Cor"al*li*form (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -form.] resembling coral in form.

||Cor`al*lig"e*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zo÷l.) Same as Anthozoa.

Cor`al*lig"e*nous (?), a. producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble.

Cor`al*lig"er*ous (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -gerous.] Producing coral; coralliferous.

Cor"al*lin (?), n. [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.

Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pŠonin. -- Yellow corallin. See Aurin.

Cor"al*line (? or ?), a. [Cf. L. corallinus coralred.] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

Cor"al*line, n. [Cf. F. coralline.] 1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

2. (Zo÷l.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Cor"al*lin*ite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline.

Cor"al*lite (?), n. [L. corallum coral.] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

2. (Zo÷l.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]

Cor"al*loid (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -oid: cf. F. corallo´de.] Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Cor`al*loid"al (?), a. resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

||Co*ral"lum (?), n. [L.] (Zo÷l.) The coral or skeleton of a zo÷phyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.

Cor"al-rag` (?), n. (geol.) Same as Corallian.

Cor"al*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.

Cor"a*nach (?), n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]

{ Co*rant (?), Co*ran"to (?) }, n. [See Courant.] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.

It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple.

Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.

Corb (k˘rb), n. [L. corbis basket. Cf. Corbeil, Corp.] 1. A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.