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madrepore

[ mad-ruh-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.


madrepore

/ ˌmædrɪˈpɔː; ˌmædrɪpəˈrɪtɪk; ˌmædrɪˈpɒrɪk /

noun

  1. any coral of the genus Madrepora, many of which occur in tropical seas and form large coral reefs: order Zoantharia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌmadreˈporal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • mad·re·por·ic [mad-r, uh, -, pawr, -ik, -, por, -], mad·re·po·ri·an [mad-r, uh, -, pawr, -ee-, uh, n, -, pohr, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of madrepore1

1745–55; < French madrépore reef-building coral < Italian madrepora, equivalent to madre mother (< Latin māter ) + -pora, for poro < Greek pôros kind of stone
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Word History and Origins

Origin of madrepore1

C18: via French from Italian madrepora mother-stone, from madre mother + -pora, from Latin porus or Greek poros calcareous stone, stalactite
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Example Sentences

I could observe groups and clusters of coloured coral and madrepore-stone, whose magnificence challenges all description.

The madrepore corals are called reef-builders, but not in the sense of constructors of reefs.

Third picture: in shallow seas have sprung up isles of madrepore; a cluster of palm trees overhangs them here and there.

Many of these limestones owe their beauty to the fossil corals which they contain, and are hence known as “madrepore marbles.”

Those here are of reddish variegated, hardened sandstone, with madrepore holes in it.

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