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Coralline vs Corallite - What's the difference?

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Coralline is a related term of corallite.


As nouns the difference between coralline and corallite

is that coralline is any calcareous species of red algae of the family corallinaceae while corallite is (coral science) the hard outer cup of a coral polyp.

As an adjective coralline

is of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family corallinaceae.

coralline

English

(wikipedia coralline) (Corallinaceae)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
  • Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

    • Synonyms

    * coral * coralloid * coralloidal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
  • An animal that resembles such a coral.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    corallite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (coral science) The hard outer cup of a coral polyp

    • Related terms

    *coralloid *coralline *corallitic marble