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[mad-ruh-pawr, -pohr] 
–noun
| any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas. |
Origin:
1745–55; < F madrépore reef-building coral < It madrepora, equiv. to madre mother (< L māter) + -pora, for poro < Gk pôros kind of stone
1745–55; < F madrépore reef-building coral < It madrepora, equiv. to madre mother (< L māter) + -pora, for poro < Gk pôros kind of stone
Related forms:
mad⋅re⋅por⋅ic [mad-ruh-pawr-ik, -por-] , mad⋅re⋅po⋅ri⋅an [mad-ruh-pawr-ee-uhn, -pohr-] , adjective
[mad-ruh-pawr-ik, -por-] , mad⋅re⋅po⋅ri⋅an [mad-ruh-pawr-ee-uhn, -pohr-] , adjective
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| mad·re·pore (mād'rə-pôr', -pōr') n. Any of various stony corals of the order Madreporaria, which includes the reef builders of tropical seas. [Italian madrepora : madre, mother (from Latin māter, mātr-; see māter- in Indo-European roots) + -pora (alteration of poro, tufa, pore, from Late Latin porus, passageway; see pore2, or from Latin pōrus, calcareous stone, stalactite, from Greek pōros).] mad're·po'ri·an adj., mad're·por'ic adj. |
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Madrepore
Mad"re*pore\, n. [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madr['e] spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see Pore); or perh. F. madr['e]pore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre mother (see Mother) + Gr. ? a soft stone.] (Zo["o]l.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
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