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soft coral

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soft coral [′sȯft ′kär·əl]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for cnidarians composing the order Alcyonacea; the colony is supple and leathery.


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As the guide babbles about hard coral species, soft coral species, 500 species of fish and hundreds of invertebrate species, I stare mesmerised with my nose flat against the glass as schools of fish playfully swim in and out of the colourful coral.
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