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PRONUNCIATION OF STONY CORAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STONY CORAL

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Stony coral is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STONY CORAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stony coral

Scleractinia

Scleractinia, also called stony corals, are marine corals that generate a hard skeleton. They first appeared in the Middle Triassic and descended from the tabulate and rugose corals that barely survived the end of the Permian. Much of the framework of modern coral reefs is formed by scleractinians. Stony corals numbers are expected to decline due to the effects of global warming. There are two groups of Scleractinia: ▪ Compound corals live in colonies in clear, oligotrophic, shallow tropical waters; they are the world's primary reef-builders. ▪ Solitary corals are found in all regions of the oceans and do not build reefs. In addition to living in tropical waters some solitary corals live in temperate, polar waters, or below the photic zone down to 6,000 m...

Definition of stony coral in the English dictionary

The definition of stony coral in the dictionary is any coral of the order Madreporaria, having a calcareous skeleton, aggregations of which form reefs and islands.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STONY CORAL

stonewashed
stonework
stoneworker
stonewort
Stoney
stonier
stoniest
stonily
stoniness
stonk
stonker
stonkered
stonking
stony
stony meteorite
Stony Tunguska
stony-broke
stony-faced
stony-hearted
stonyheartedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE STONY CORAL

brain coral
choral
coral
corporal
doctoral
electoral
floral
hydrocoral
immoral
littoral
mayoral
moral
oral
pastoral
postdoctoral
precious coral
red coral
seed coral
stercoral
temporal

Synonyms and antonyms of stony coral in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stony coral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STONY CORAL

Find out the translation of stony coral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stony coral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stony coral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石珊瑚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pedregoso coral
570 millions of speakers

English

stony coral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पथरीले मूंगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصخرية المرجانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

галечный коралловый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedregoso coral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাথুরে প্রবাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coraux durs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Karang batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steinkorallen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イシサンゴ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스토니 산호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stony coral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá san hô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குள்ள coral
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दगडी कोरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taş mercan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pietroso corallo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kamieniste rafy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гальковий кораловий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu pietriș coral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πετρώδη κοράλλια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klipperige koraal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stenig korall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

steinete koraller
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stony coral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STONY CORAL»

The term «stony coral» is normally little used and occupies the 148.477 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STONY CORAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stony coral» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stony coral» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stony coral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STONY CORAL»

Discover the use of stony coral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stony coral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parametric, Non-parametric and Statistical Modeling of Stony ...
In chapter one, we review past coral reef studies; emphasis is placed on recent studies on the stony corals of reefs in the lower Florida Keys. We also review the economic impact of coral reefs on the state of Florida.
Armando Hoare, 2008
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Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition: An Ecosystem in ...
Settlement tiles impregnated with extracts of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis were used in larval choice experiments for stony corals in flow-through aquaria, and revealed that this soft coral uses allelopathy to inhibit adjacent stony coral ...
Zvy Dubinsky, Noga Stambler, 2010
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The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida ...
Middle Keys 1996-2000 '36% 727% 13.6% FIGURE 27.6 The distribution of change in stony coral species richness by station is shown for the Middle Keys, 1996 to 2000. where they were present. Only Agaricia fragilis showed a significant ...
James Porter, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
... in the Gulf of Kachchh (Figure 119). The submerged reefs of these areas harbor 18 species of stony coral and have 45% coverage. Acropora, Porites, Pseudosiderastrea, and Favia, and one species of soft coral Juncella juncea are common.
M. Schwartz, 2006
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
015 75 165 285 496 525 645 825 1065 Shore end Seoward end FEET FROM SHORE END OF TRANSECT | LIVE STONY CORAL 'ji DEAD STONY CORAL t DEVOID OF CORAL (sand, rubble etc) FIG. 7. — Wakaya Island, Position A.
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Atlantic Boating Almanacs: St. John River, Fl To Key West, ...
No person shall possess any such fresh, uncleaned, or uncured sea fan, hard or stony coral, or fire coral. (418) (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to: (419) (a) Any sea fan, hard or stony coral, or fire coral legally harvested outside of state waters  ...
‎2004
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Coral Reef Conservation
Attribute Before After (Wheaton and Jaap, Jaap (unpublished 1988) injury survey, 1994) n = number of quadrats (1 m2) 54 50 Number of cnidarian species 36: 22 stony coral, 14 1 stony coral octocoral Density of stony coral species (m2) 3.59 ...
Isabelle M. Côté, John D. Reynolds (Ph. D.), 2006
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Dynamic Aquaria: Building Living Ecosystems
CORAL REEF AQUARIA AND STONY CORAL CALCIFICATION The authors have operated a 130-gallon coral reef ecosystem for 10 years with a diverse assemblage of stony corals, calcareous algae (Halimeda (Color Plate 13) and ...
Walter H. Adey, Karen Loveland, 2011
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Catalogue of Lithophytes Or Stony Corals in the Collection ...
126) is a fleshy Alcyonoid, parasitic on a stony coral. Section IV. Axis solid, continuous, hard, corneo-calcareous, sometimes more or less horny and flexible at the small branchlets. a. Bark thin, granular ; polype-cells more or less prominent.
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, John Edward Gray, 1870
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Bring Me Home! Saltwater Aquariums Make a Great Hobby
Favia—a stony coral with individual corallites arranged like the cells of a honeycomb. Favites—a stony coral similar to, and frequently confused with, Favia . Forcipiger—long-snouted members of the butterflyfish family popular as aquarium ...
John H. Tullock, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STONY CORAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stony coral is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mid-Atlantic coral canyons win historic protections
A large black coral along the edge of a very steep cliff that was heavily ... and held two surprises for marine scientists: the presence of a stony coral that never ... «Daily Press, Jun 15»
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Off Channel Islands, scientists explore coral — and our oceans' future
As the brittle branches of the coral colony tumble to the ocean floor, the group lets out a ... Lophelia, like other stony corals, forms its thick skeleton from calcium ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
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Coral-devouring seastar thrives in warming ocean
Outbreaks of COTS, which prey on stony coral polyps, are a significant stress on the survival of corals on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). A range of scientific ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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Colorful corals protect the algae inside
By sequencing three colonies of Acropora millepora, a branching stony coral obtained from the waters of Fiji, scientists have discovered that instead of having ... «Science AAAS, Jan 15»
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Cool deep-water protects coral reefs against heat stress
1991, 1995, 2003, 2010 - again and again, increased water temperatures lead to bleaching with fatal consequences for stony corals in the Andaman Sea. «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
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Crabs play defense, save corals
Some small but feisty crabs live among the branches of stony coral. ... Although tiny, the crabs can fend off coral-eating starfish up to 18 times their size, a new ... «Science News for Students, Dec 14»
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Crabs guard coral from army of sea stars
Look between the branches of Pocillopora stony coral of the Indo-Pacific and you may find tiny crabs from the genus Trapezia, the largest of which measure only ... «Science News, Oct 14»
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As planet warms, 20 coral species added to endangered species list
A tenfold increase in the number of protected coral species was announced this week, ... The Pacific corals include stony corals, staghorn corals and pore corals. «Christian Science Monitor, Aug 14»
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20 Corals Added to Endangered Species List
A tenfold increase in the number of protected coral species was announced this week, ... The Pacific corals include stony corals, staghorn corals and pore corals. «LiveScience.com, Aug 14»
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Great Barrier Reef in danger, scientists say
McCulloch is in the midst of an autopsy of this Pilbara bleaching event, collecting and analysing both living and dead stony coral. He says the bleaching was ... «Phys.Org, Jul 14»

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