madrepore
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mad·re·pore
(măd′rə-pôr′)n.
Any of various hard corals of the genus Madrepora or of the order Scleractinia (formerly Madreporaria).
[Italian madrepora : madre, mother (from Latin māter, mātr-; see māter- in Indo-European roots) + -pora (alteration of poro, tufa, pore, from Late Latin porus, passageway; see pore2, or from Latin pōrus, calcareous stone, stalactite, from Greek pōros).]
mad′re·po′ri·an adj.
mad′re·por′ic adj.
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madrepore
(ˌmædrɪˈpɔː)n
(Zoology) any coral of the genus Madrepora, many of which occur in tropical seas and form large coral reefs: order Zoantharia
[C18: via French from Italian madrepora mother-stone, from madre mother + -pora, from Latin porus or Greek poros calcareous stone, stalactite]
ˌmadreˈporal, madreporic, madreporitic, ˌmadreˈporian adj
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mad•re•pore
(ˈmæd rəˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr)n.
any coral of the order Madreporaria forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
[1745–55; < French]
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Noun | 1. | madrepore - corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands coral - marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs Madreporaria, order Madreporaria - stony corals brain coral - massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface staghorn coral, stag's-horn coral - large branching coral resembling antlers mushroom coral - flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) |
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