I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
coral reef
coral reef
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a proposal to protect several miles of thousand-year-old coral reef
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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hard
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The skeletal parts of hard corals are made of calcium carbonate and if this is in short supply they can suffer.
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Below: The Crown of Thorns can eat hard corals .
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They are often found where hard corals have largely died out as a result of one of the above processes.
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All the inverts that you are considering are suitable over the long term, but do steer clear of hard corals .
soft
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Fish tucked into crevices peer out, while crabs scavenge over the reef and probe soft corals for food.
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I would like to stock Tubeworms, anemones, soft corals and shrimps.
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The soft shade of coral was the perfect finishing touch.
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Sea pens are also called soft corals .
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leather
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Soft corals such as gorgonians and leather corals belong to the other major coral family Octocoralia.
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Softies Leather corals lack the hard calcium carbonate skeleton of stony corals.
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Another difference is that the polyps of leather corals have eight tentacles, rather than the six found in hard coral polyps.
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Most of the mushroom-like leather corals belong to this genus, as do some encrusting species.
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Unlike many other coral types, mechanical damage does not necessarily mean death for leather corals.
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Allow for shrinkage Leather corals , unlike some coelenterates, do not spend the entire time fully expanded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a coral necklace
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fish tucked into crevices peer out, while crabs scavenge over the reef and probe soft corals for food.
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I prefer the more austere skeletons of the corals that live frugal, ancient lives in the deep sea.
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Sunlight feeds the algae which feed the animals which feed the corals, sponges, clams, and fish.
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The corals feed passively on bits of organic material suspended in the water.
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The tow rope sprang taut, plucking the dinghy clear as the swell broke, thundering forward on to the waiting coral .
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These plants absorb the carbon dioxide released by the corals and so help to keep the water oxygenated.
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They spent $ 2 million on environmental measures, he said, and hired biologists to replant coral that would be damaged.
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Unable to resist, she decided to treat herself to one of the dresses in a shade of pale coral .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
head
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The last time he'd dived off it, the coral heads had been awash.
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Fishes of the genus Dascyllus are usually found in large groups, often hovering around a coral head or steep coral face.
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Two divers swim through a natural arch at one of the reef's coral heads .
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The young are found in shallow waters around coral heads , but the adults move out into deeper water.
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He'd sailed these waters for six months and knew every reef and coral head shallow enough to be a threat.
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Perched atop a rock or coral head , propped on their fins, they look like lords of all they survey.
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There are still some waves breaking in the gap - maybe there are coral heads there.
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Fluttering over the coral heads , hiding in the crevices or clinging to the underside of rocks, are flat leaf-shaped worms.
island
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G.J. Allman lectured in March 1873 on another Darwinian theme, the formation of coral islands .
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I saw in my mind some magic bird, a nightingale of the coral islands .
reef
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Many of them were the tops of volcanoes poking out of the ocean, and most were surrounded by deadly coral reefs .
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Rather than be blown up, Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef and surrendered.
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Marine scientists were pretty sure a coral reef , like any complex ecosystem, must be assembled in the correct order.
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Daly suggests that before the first interglacial period there were no coral reefs in the modern sense, which is disputable.
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Where does the synthetic coral reef end and the chanting wave machine begin?
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The cities of Stalinvast were more like coral reefs looming above a sea of hostile jungle.
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Perhaps, after all, this is indeed some exotic coastline-maybe some coral reef , teeming with life of all kinds.
sand
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Substrate would be calcium plus and coral gravel, with coral sand on top, separated by a gravel tidy.
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The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish.
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The coral sand will need raking through regularly to prevent it packing down solid and reducing the through-flow.
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This accumulates on the sea bed as coral sand .
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Do not use coral sand as a filter bed substrate as this will gradually dissolve and affect the calcium level.
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While that equipment and gallonage may be, the coral sand and decoration is not.
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No shells I have a four foot Tanganyikan tank with undergravel filtration through coral sand and limestone as decoration.
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These are buffered to some extent by coral sand and gravel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The skirt was coral chiffon with a black velvet top.