millepore
[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]
noun
a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
Origin of millepore
1Words Nearby millepore
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British Dictionary definitions for millepore
millepore
/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː) /
noun
any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora, having a calcareous skeleton
Origin of millepore
1C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole
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