stony : Idioms & Phrases


Stony coral

  • noun corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
    madrepore; madriporian coral.
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  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
Webster 1913

stony tunguska

  • noun a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
    Tunguska.
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stony-broke

  • adjective satellite lacking funds
    skint; stone-broke; bust; broke.
    • `skint' is a British slang term
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