CORALLIAN

Meaning of CORALLIAN in English

[ kɒ'ralɪən ]

■ adjective Geology denoting an age in the Upper Jurassic period when extensive coral-derived limestone deposits were laid down.

Origin

from L. corallium 'coral' + -an .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CORALLIAN — (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
Английский словарь Webster
CORALLIAN — ( n. ) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CORALLIAN — noun a deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; called also coral-rag.
Webster English vocab
CORAL-RAG — (n.) Same as Corallian.
Английский словарь Webster
CORAL-RAG — ( n. ) Same as Corallian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CORAL-RAG — noun ·same·as corallian.
Webster English vocab
OXFORDSHIRE — administrative and historic county of south-central England, bounded on the north by Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, on the west by Gloucestershire, …
Britannica English vocabulary

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