资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS.
   st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in,
      stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony
      tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

   2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

            The stony dart of senseless cold.     --Spenser.

   3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
      perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
      as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

   {Stony coral}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stone coral}, under
      {Stone}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

stony coral
     n : corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which
         form reefs and islands [syn: {madrepore}, {madriporian
         coral}]