Definitions for corallite

corallite cor·al·lite

Spelling: [kawr-uh-lahyt, kor-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr əˌlaɪt, ˈkɒr-/

Corallite is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 560 anagrams from letters in corallite (aceillort).

Definitions for corallite

noun

  1. the skeleton of a single coral polyp.

Origin of corallite

1805-15; Latin corāll(ium) coral + -ite1

Examples for corallite

The corallite is composed of carbonate of lime secreted by the polyp, and, broadly speaking, may be called a skeleton.

The home of each animal is called a corallite, and the aggregation of many corallites is a corallum.

The septa meet in the center of the corallite, making star-like pits; the surface is comparatively smooth.

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