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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

A vast quantity of small cups and paterae were made by this means in patterns which bear considerable resemblance to the surfaces of madrepores.

There are beautifully branching trees of madrepores, whose prongs are from one to two feet in length, and sometimes curiously interlaced.

One need only glance at the photographs of osmotic productions to recognize the forms of madrepore, fungus, alga, and shell.

In one of the Maldive islands a coral reef, which, within a few years, existed on an islet bearing cocoa-nut trees, was found by Lieutenant Prentice, "entirely covered with live coral and madrepore."

"The wild —— —— waste their fragrant stores In leafy islands walled with madrepores And lapped in Orient seas, When all their feathery palms toss, plume-like, in the breeze."

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