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noun
Any of the class Hexacorallia of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: hexacorallian
Antonyms: none provided
History
Partial calque of translingual Hexacorallia. By surface analysis, hexa- + coral.
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