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madrepore

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Noun
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mad=re=pore

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun madrepore has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

madreporen. [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. a soft stone.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

madrepore, n.
1 any perforated coral of the genus Madrepora.
2 the animal producing this.

Derivative
madreporic adj.
Etymology
F madr{eacute}pore or mod.L madrepora f. It. madrepora f. madre mother + poro PORE(1)
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