Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexacoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hex-a-co-ral
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the class Hexacorallia of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry.

Etymology

Partial calque of translingual Hexacorallia. By surface analysis, hexa- + coral.

Inflected Forms

hexacorals (plural)

Synonyms

hexacorallian

Questions

What does hexacoral mean?: Any of the class Hexacorallia of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps generally with sixfold symmetry.
Where does hexacoral come from?: Partial calque of translingual Hexacorallia. By surface analysis, hexa- + coral.

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