[mil-uh-pawr, -pohr] 
| a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations. |
| mil·le·pore (mĭl'ə-pôr', -pōr') n. Any of various reef-building hydrocorals of the order Milleporina of tropical marine waters, forming white or yellowish calcareous structures and resembling the true corals of the class Anthozoa. [Italian millepora : mille, thousand (from Latin mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots) + -pora (alteration of poro, tufa, pore; see madrepore).] |
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