Corallite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corallite \Cor"al*lite\, n. [L. corallum coral.]
     1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of
        coral.
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     2. (Zool.) One of the individual members of a compound coral;


        or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written
        also {corallet}.]
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