A colonial coral-like hydrozoan, the heavy external skeleton of which forms reefs. The polyps bear nematocysts that can inflict painful stings.
火珊瑚虫，多孔螅虫
Genus Millepora, order Hydroida (or Milleporina), class Hydrozoa
Example sentencesExamples
By 10m the large corals and sponges give way to the clean lines of old volcanic rock, on closer inspection encrusted with patches of fire coral, sponges and star corals.
The Aquarium offered beautiful table corals smothered in soft corals, pinnacles full of fish and a spectacular fringing reef with a wall of giant fire corals.
In my excitement, I had failed to notice that the sprig was of fire coral.
We had to be careful not to touch the fire coral as it has a very painful sting on contact.
This area showed numbers of plankton-feeding fish and large areas of fire coral, reflecting the extent of prevailing currents over this reef.
Definition of fire coral in US English:
fire coral
noun
A colonial coral-like hydrozoan, the heavy external skeleton of which forms reefs. The polyps bear nematocysts that can inflict painful stings.
火珊瑚虫，多孔螅虫
Genus Millepora, order Hydroida (or Milleporina), class Hydrozoa
Example sentencesExamples
In my excitement, I had failed to notice that the sprig was of fire coral.
This area showed numbers of plankton-feeding fish and large areas of fire coral, reflecting the extent of prevailing currents over this reef.
By 10m the large corals and sponges give way to the clean lines of old volcanic rock, on closer inspection encrusted with patches of fire coral, sponges and star corals.
The Aquarium offered beautiful table corals smothered in soft corals, pinnacles full of fish and a spectacular fringing reef with a wall of giant fire corals.
We had to be careful not to touch the fire coral as it has a very painful sting on contact.