mushroom coral

mushroom coral
noun
flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached)
Hypernyms: ↑stony coral, ↑madrepore, ↑madriporian coral

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noun
: any of various flattened disk-shaped stony corals of Fungia or related genera that are usually solitary and in the adult stage completely free from the substrate

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