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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.
[L. mille, a thousand, and porus, a pore.]
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)

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