Meaning of MADREPORE
| Pronunciation: | | 'madru`powr
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| | Definition: | | [n] corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands |
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| | Synonyms: | | madriporian coral, stony coral |
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| | See Also: | | brain coral, coral, Madreporaria, mushroom coral, order Madreporaria, staghorn coral, stag's-horn coral | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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