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Corallite

02319 Cor"al*lite (?), n. [L. corallum coral.] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. altsp [Written also asp corallet /asp .] /altsp
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