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Webster 1913 Edition
Millepore
Mil′le-pore
(mĭl′lē̍-pōr)
, Noun.
[L.
mille
thousand + porus
pore: cf. F. millépore
.] (Zool.)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Millepore
MIL'LEPORE
,Noun.
A genus of lithophytes or polypiers of various forms, which have the surface perforated with little holes or pores, or even without any apparent perforation.
Definition 2024
millepore
millepore
English
Noun
millepore (plural millepores)
- (zoology) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.