n. a reef-building coral of the order Milleporina, with polyps protruding through pores in the calcareous exoskeleton.
Etymology: F mill{eacute}pore 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.
Etymology: F mill{eacute}pore or mod.L millepora f. L mille thousand + porus PORE(1)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012