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Tortrix scytale
Coral Cor"al, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian (Corallium rubrum) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The fan corals, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora. 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. Chain coral. See under Chain. Coral animal (Zo["o]l.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.

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- In cryptography, a scytale (/ˈskɪtəliː/; also transliterated skytale, Ancient Gr****: σκυτάλη skutálē "baton, cylinder", also σκύταλον skútalon) is a tool...
- Boa contortrix Linnaeus, 1766 Scytale contortrix — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Scytale Cupreus Rafinesque, 1818 Scytale cupreus — Say, 1819 Tisiphone cuprea...
- Distribution of Eunectes murinus Synonyms  [Boa] murina Linnaeus, 1758 [Boa] Scytale Linnaeus, 1758 Boa gigas Latreille, 1802 Boa anacondo Daudin, 1803 Boa...
- Scytale may refer to: Scytale, an encryption tool used to perform a transposition cipher. Scytale (Dune), a fictional character in the Dune universe created...
- for the monotypic genus Anilius that contains the single species Anilius scytale. Common names include the American pipe snake and false coral snake. It...
- Linnaeus, 1766 [Coluber] crotalinus Gmelin, 1788 Scytale catenatus Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Scytale ammodytes Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille...
- Sardaukar rather than Rabban. Scytale is a Tleilaxu Face Dancer who executes a plot to dethrone Paul Atriedes in Dune Messiah. Scytale's conspiracy includes Spacing...
- •Crot[alus]. Piscivorus Lacépède, 1789 •C[rotalus]. Aquaticus Bonnaterre, 1790 •Scytale piscivora — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 •Coluber Aquaticus — Shaw, 1802 •Ancistrodon...
- with the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Mohiam and Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale, from Paul's visions. Mohiam enlists Princess Irulan, daughter of the deposed...
- although he conceals this. With a knife over the babies, the Tleilaxu Scytale offers to make a ghola of Chani and restore her to life, in exchange for...