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madrepore

noun
/ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.

  1. derived from porus
  2. derived from mater
  3. derived from madrepora
  4. derived from madrepore

Definitions

  1. A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.

    • The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country.
    • The rocks of Gonye are reddish gray sandstone, nearly horizontal, and perforated by madrepores, the holes showing the course of the insect in different directions.

  2. Any stony coral.

    • This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground.

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