madreporiform, a.
(mædrɪˈpɔərɪfɔːm)
[f. mod.L. Madrepora + -form.]
Having the form or characters of madrepore coral; spec. = madreporic 2.
| 1843 Forbes in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. ii. 79 Madreporiform tubercle nearer the margin than centre. 1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. 125 One of the genital plates is larger than the others, and supports a spongy tubercle, perforated by many minute apertures..and termed the ‘madreporiform tubercle’. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. Challenger II. iv. 237. |