millepore

[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]

noun
  1. a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.

Origin of millepore

1
1745–55; <New Latin millepora, equivalent to mille thousand + -pora passage; see pore2

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British Dictionary definitions for millepore

millepore

/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː) /


noun
  1. any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora, having a calcareous skeleton

Origin of millepore

1
C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole

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