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Webster 1913 Edition
Madrepore
Mad′re-pore
,Noun.
[F.
madrepore
, perh. fr. madré
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. madrépore
is rather from It. madrepora
, and this perh. fr. It. madre
mother (see Mother
) + Gr. [GREEK] a soft stone.] (Zool.)
Any coral of the genus
Madrepora
, a group of corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Syn. – stony coral, madriporian coral.
Webster 1828 Edition
Madrepore
MAD'REPORE
,Noun.
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See also: madrépore
English
Noun
madrepore (plural madrepores)
Derived terms
References
- madrepore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913