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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.

Synonyms

All synonyms

fire coral

Etymology

From French millépore, from Latin mille (“thousand”) + porus (“pore”).

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