atoll
Kelime Anlamı :

1. atol (bir resif türü).
2. resif.
3. mercanada.
4. ada.
5. atol.
6. mercan ada.
7. bir mercanada.
8. mercan adaları.
Tanımlar :
1. A ringlike coral island and reef that nearly or entirely encloses a lagoon.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A coral island, consisting of a strip or ring of coral surrounding a central lagoon.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.