millepore

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Noun

HYPHEN

mil=le=pore

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CIDE DICTIONARY

millepore, n. [L. mille thousand + porus pore: cf. F. millépore.].

Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

millepore, n. a reef-building coral of the order Milleporina, with polyps protruding through pores in the calcareous exoskeleton.

Etymology

F mill{eacute}pore or mod.L millepora f. L mille thousand + porus PORE(1)