A person who studies coral, specializes in coral research, or works with coral in scientific or horticultural contexts.
From 'coral' + '-ist' (suffix for a person who practices or studies something). The '-ist' ending has been used since Greek times to denote specialists.
Coralists are like the rockstar scientists of the ocean right now—they're racing to understand and protect coral reefs before climate change destroys them!
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