Many a Coral Sea island (5)

I believe the answer is:

atoll

(Other definitions for atoll that I've seen before include "Circular coral reef" , "tropical island" , "Ring of coral" , "Bikini, perhaps" , "land threatened by rising sea levels" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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