MADREPORE


Meaning of MADREPORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-drə-ˌpȯr ]

noun

Etymology: French madrépore, from Italian madrepora, from madre mother (from Latin mater ) + poro pore (from Latin porus ) — more at mother

Date: 1751

: any of various stony reef-building corals (order Madreporaria) of tropical seas that assume a variety of branching, encrusting, or massive forms

• mad·re·po·ri·an ˌma-drə-ˈpȯr-ē-ən adjective or noun

• mad·re·por·ic -ˈpȯr-ik adjective

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