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One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony , as in the red coral of commerce,

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One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony , as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, C.

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• PRINCIPALNESS
  The quality of being principal.
• CORALLIGENOUS
  producing coral; coraligerous; coralliferous. Humble.
• CORALLUM
  The coral or skeleton of a zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
• CORAL-RAG
  See CORALLIAN
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• BRANCHIOSTOMA
  The lancelet. See Amphioxus.
• PRINCIPALITY
  preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• CRUSTAL
  Relating to a crust.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• COVERLET
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• CORALLIAN
  A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oölite; -- called also coral-rag.
• BRANCHLESS
  Destitude of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
• CRUSTINESS
  1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• SOLIDUNGULA
  A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
• BRANCHING
  Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. Milton.
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• BRANCHIOPODA
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• CRUSTACEOUS
  Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.
• BRANCHINESS
  Fullness of branches.
• TECTIBRANCHIA
  See TECTIBRANCHIATA
• NUDIBRANCHIATA
  A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
• ABRANCHIAL
  Abranchiate.
• POLYSPOROUS
  Containing many spores.
• PYGOBRANCHIA
  A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiæ in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• PODOBRANCH
  One of branchiæ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.
• ASPIDOBRANCHIA
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• SPATHOSE
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  Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.
• EPIBRANCHIAL
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