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madrepore
[ mad-ruh-pawr, -pohr ]
noun
- any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
madrepore
/ ˌmædrɪˈpɔː; ˌmædrɪpəˈrɪtɪk; ˌmædrɪˈpɒrɪk /
noun
- any coral of the genus Madrepora, many of which occur in tropical seas and form large coral reefs: order Zoantharia
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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.
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The madrepore corals are called reef-builders, but not in the sense of constructors of reefs.
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Third picture: in shallow seas have sprung up isles of madrepore; a cluster of palm trees overhangs them here and there.
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Many of these limestones owe their beauty to the fossil corals which they contain, and are hence known as “madrepore marbles.”
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Those here are of reddish variegated, hardened sandstone, with madrepore holes in it.
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