"coral reef" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A reef formed by compacted coral skeletons Wikipedia link: coral reef Categories (lifeform): Cnidarians Hyponyms: fringing reef Translations (mound or hummock of coral): প্ৰবাল প্ৰাচীৰ (probal prasir) (Assamese), প্রবাল প্রাচীর (probal pracir) (Bengali), मूंगा चट्टान (mūṅgā caṭṭān) [feminine] (Bhojpuri), 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), korálový útes [masculine] (Czech), koralliriutta (Finnish), récif corallien [masculine] (French), Korallenriff [neuter] (German), Korallenbank [feminine] (German), પરવળાનો ટાપુ (parvaḷāno ṭāpu) [masculine] (Gujarati), मूंगा चट्टान (mūṅgā caṭṭān) [feminine] (Hindi), korallzátony (Hungarian), barriera corallina (Italian), 珊瑚礁 (sangoshō) (alt: さんごしょう) (Japanese), 산호초 (sanhocho) (Korean), terumbu karang (Malay), ākau kāoa (Maori), प्रवाळाची बेट (pravāḷācī beṭ) (Marathi), korallrev [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), korallrev [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شاب (şab) (Ottoman Turkish), recife/arrecife de coral/corais [masculine] (Portuguese), ਮੂੰਗਾ ਚਟਾਨ (mūṅgā caṭān) (Punjabi), кора́лловый риф (korállovyj rif) [masculine] (Russian), koraljni greben [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), korálni grebén [masculine] (Slovene), arrecife de coral [masculine] (Spanish), korallrev [neuter] (Swedish), bahura (Tagalog), nyare (Ternate), พืดหินปะการัง (pʉ̂ʉt-hǐn-bpà-gaa-rang) (Thai), mercan resifi (Turkish), rạn san hô (Vietnamese), korialakliped (Volapük), korialanedibäd (Volapük), takat (West Coast Bajau)

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  "word": "coral reef"
}

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