bommie

/ ˈbɒmɪ /

noun

1. an outcrop of coral reef, often resembling a column, that is higher than the surrounding platform of reef and which may be partially exposed at low tide

Word History and Origins

Origin of bommie¹

from bombora

Example Sentences

If the rhetoric from marine biologists is to be believed, then the Great Barrier Reef is now in the grip of a “bommie apocalypse”.

From The Guardian

As I continued to dive the Nursery Bommie, the fluorescent pinks, blues, purples and greens became more abundant.

From The Guardian

Graphic: coral bleaching Put simply, the majority of the corals on this bommie – bleached or fluorescent – were clearly dead or dying.

From The Guardian

I pulled on my mask and dropped off the back of the boat into the warm water above Nursery Bommie, a dive site at Agincourt Reef more than 70km offshore from Port Douglas, in far-north Queensland, Australia.

From The Guardian