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Madrepore

Madrepore Meaning & Definition
Madrepore Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Madrepore?

[n] corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands

Synonyms | Synonyms for Madrepore: madriporian coral | stony coral

Related Terms | Find terms related to Madrepore:

See Also | brain coral | coral | Madreporaria | mushroom coral | order Madreporaria | staghorn coral | stag's-horn coral

Madrepore In Webster's Dictionary

\Mad"re*pore\, n. [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madr['e] spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see {Pore}); or perh. F. madr['e]pore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre mother (see {Mother}) + Gr. ? a soft stone.] (Zo["o]l.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

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