reef rash

reef rash
Scraping injury caused by falling on or being dragged over a reef. (Note this is an actual physical injury, not an inflammation like a normal rash.)

1999: I decided to show the lifeguards my reef rash. "Its just a scratch!" one of them chimed. — Neal Miyake [


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