cora
cora — noun
1. a small, fast-running gazelle with a light-brown coat, living in dry desert area
a small, fast-running gazelle with a light-brown coat, living in dry desert areas from the Middle East to North Africa
A cora stood perfectly still among the desert rocks, watching the passing jeep.
subject + verb (stood) + location phrase
The guide pointed to a small cora grazing near the acacia trees at sunset.
countable: a + cora
Unlike most gazelles, the cora can survive for several weeks without drinking water.
Omar watched a herd of cora cross the dusty path ahead of his truck.
The cora's pale coat helps it blend into the hot sandy landscape of the Sahara.
文法句型
a + cora
the + cora
用法筆記
This is a specialist zoological term rarely used in everyday conversation. In nature documentaries or wildlife guides, speakers often use 'gazelle' or the specific subspecies name instead.
2. a type of fungus-like organism that forms a flat, leathery layer on tree trunks,
a type of fungus-like organism that forms a flat, leathery layer on tree trunks, rocks, or soil in humid forests across tropical parts of the Americas
A bright orange cora covered the damp tree trunk near the hiking trail.
cora as countable organism
Biology students collected cora samples from the forest floor during a trip to Costa Rica.
countable plural: several + cora + samples
Cora lichens grow best in the warm, wet climate of the Amazon basin.
A layer of cora had spread across the shaded side of the old stone wall.
The researcher identified the specimen as a rare cora species found only in southern Brazil.
- lichen
broader category; cora is one genus within the lichen group
- basidiolichen
more technical term for the subgroup cora belongs to
文法句型
a + cora
cora + noun
用法筆記
In scientific writing, Cora (capitalised) is the genus name and may appear in italics. In less formal contexts the word is treated as a common noun and not capitalised. This sense is almost exclusively used by botanists and lichenologists.
3. a member of an indigenous group living mainly in the Sierra del Nayarit mountain
a member of an indigenous group living mainly in the Sierra del Nayarit mountains of western Mexico, or the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this group
The Cora have lived in the Nayarit mountains for centuries before the Spanish arrived.
the + Cora (people, plural)
A young Cora woman named Lucia wove a colorful bag using traditional patterns.
a + Cora + noun (member of the people)
My grandfather speaks Cora fluently, though he grew up speaking Spanish at school.
The museum in Jalisco displays beautiful Cora ceremonial masks made from wood and beads.
Linguists estimate that roughly twenty thousand people speak Cora today across several villages.
- Cora people
fuller form, emphasising the group rather than the individual
文法句型
the + Cora + plural verb
Cora + singular/plural noun
用法筆記
When referring to the entire group, 'the Cora' takes a plural verb. When referring to the language, 'Cora' is uncountable and takes a singular verb. The word can also be used as an adjective: 'Cora culture', 'Cora language'.