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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.
A submarine substance of a stony hardness, resembling coral. It consists of carbonate of lime with some animal matter. It is of a white color, wrinkled on the surface,and full of cavities or cells, inhabited by a small animal. From a liquor discharged by this animal, the substance is said to be formed. Madrepores constitute a genus of polypiers, of variable forms, always garnished with radiated plates.

Definition 2024

madrépore

madrépore

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French

Noun

madrépore m ‎(plural madrépores)

  1. madrepore

Etymology

From Italian madrepora

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