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noun
An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: marine biology
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History
Back-formation from translingual Octocorallia. By surface analysis, octo- + coral.
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