montipore Zool.
(ˈmɒntɪpɔə(r))
[ad. mod.L. montipora a genus of perforate corals, f. L. monti-, mons mountain + mod.L. -pora: see madrepore.]
A perforate coral of the genus Montipora.
| 1899 Bernard in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., Zool. XXVII. 129 A heterogeneous group consisting of Montipores [etc.]. |
So monˈtiporine a., related to the Montipores.
| 1899 Bernard in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., Zool. XXVII. 147 Psammocora, Dana, is the last genus which Milne-Edwards and Haime placed in their Montiporine subfamily of the Poritidæ. |