Usually means: Coral reefs parallel to coastlines.
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  1. barrier reefs: Merriam-Webster
  2. barrier reefs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. barrier reefs: Vocabulary.com
  4. barrier-reefs: Wordnik
  5. barrier reefs: Wiktionary
  6. barrier reefs: Dictionary.com
  7. Barrier reefs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. barrier reefs: FreeDictionary.org
  9. barrier reefs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. barrier reefs: Encyclopedia

(Note: See barrier_reef as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (barrier reef)

noun:  A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon; a reef that forms a barrier between the open ocean and the waters of the shoreline.
▸ Also see barrier_reef


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