n. a reef-building coral of the order Milleporina, with polyps protruding through pores in the calcareous exoskeleton.
[ F millépore or mod.L millepora f. L mille thousand + porus PORE(1) ]
n. a reef-building coral of the order Milleporina, with polyps protruding through pores in the calcareous exoskeleton.
[ F millépore or mod.L millepora f. L mille thousand + porus PORE(1) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012