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Madrepora - Wikipedia
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations.
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MADREPORE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MADREPORE is any of various stony reef-building corals (order Madreporaria) of tropical seas that assume a variety of branching, encrusting, ...
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MADREPORE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Madrepore definition: any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
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madrepore
madrepore (ˈmædrɪpɔə(r)) [ad. mod.L. madrepora or F. madrépore (1710), ad. It. madrepora. The Italian naturalist Ferrante Imperato (Hist. Nat., 1599) uses poro as a name for ‘a kind of vegetable the substance of which resembles that of coral, but differs in being porous’. He evidently regarded this ...
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madrepore, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun madrepore is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for madrepore is from 1738, in the writing of Thomas Shaw, ...
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Genus Madrepora - iNaturalist
Madrepore ("mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria ...
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madrepore - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria. · 1811, William Marsden, The History of Sumatra : · (archaic) Any stony coral. · 1926, W.D. ...
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Madrepore - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
noun corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands synonyms: madriporian coral, stony coral
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MADREPORE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun any coral of the genus Madrepora, many of which occur in tropical seas and form large coral reefs.
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madrepore - definition and meaning - Wordnik
madrepore: Any of various hard corals of the genus Madrepora or of the order Scleractinia (formerly Madreporaria).
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madreporian
madreporian, a. and n. Zool. rare. (mædrɪˈpɔːrɪən) [f. madrepore n. + -ian.] A. adj. = madreporic a. 1. B. n. = madrepore n. In some instances prob. a mistake for madreporarian a. & n.1890 Webster, Madreporian, resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora. 1898 N.E.D. s.v. Gemmipore, A genus of...
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Madreporite
Close up, it is visibly structured, resembling a "madrepore" (stone coral, Scleractinia) colony. From this, it derives its name.
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madreporite
madreporite (mædrɪˈpɔəraɪt) [f. madrepore + -ite. Cf. G. madreporit, F. madréporite.] 1. Palæont. Fossil madrepore.1828–32 in Webster. 1843 W. Humble Dict. Geol., etc., Madreporite. 1. Fossil madrepore. 2. Min. A calcareous rock of columnar structure marked by radiated prismatic concretions.1802–3 t...
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Eunice norvegica
Other branching corals with which it associates include Madrepore and Solenosmilia.
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madreporigenous
madreporigenous, a. rare. Zool. (ˌmædrɪpɔəˈrɪdʒɪnəs) [f. mod.L. Madrepora madrepore + -genous.] Producing madrepore coral.1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 33/1 Madreporigenous polypes can only exist at depths where they enjoy the influences of light and air.
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