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retepore

[ ree-tuh-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. any bryozoan of the family Reteporidae which forms colonies that have a networklike structure.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of retepore1

< New Latin Retepora name of genus; rete, pore 2

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Example Sentences

Retepore, much resembling the milleporites flustriformis of Martin, Petrif.

In the same mass are segments of encrinus, and fragments of the retepore.

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