Linguistics. the property of unity in a written text or a segment of spoken discourse that stems from links among its surface elements, as when words in one sentence are repeated in another, and especially from the fact that some words or phrases depend for their interpretation upon material in preceding or following text, as in the sequence Be ...
Coral, a small marine animal that has a stony skeleton and lives in colonies. The gradual accumulation of coral skeletons over a period of thousands of years results in the formation of coral reefs. The Coral Animal. Coral animals, or polyps, are small coelenterates that resemble miniature sea anemones.
1 Taking their name from a terrestrial flower, sea anemones are sessile polyps most often found in the coral reefs common to warm, tropical waters. A predatory, column-shaped marine animal, sea anemones can range in height from just a few millimeters to well over six feet and may possess as many as several hundred tentacles.