Madrepore
//ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands wordnet
- 3 Any stony coral. archaic
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.
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