Madreporal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Madreporal is an adjective meaning Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
Meaning
Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;
Example Sentences
The instrument is about twenty feet above sea level, and is built on ground composed of hard madreporal rock.
Its constituents are all coalesced into one piece, the madreporal filter spreading its pores over its central forepart.
Dorsal view with genital plates and large, sievelike madreporal plate in the center, below which is the large, anal field (periproct), shaded dark.
Looking out to sea, the eye rests on a fringe of madreporal shelves over which the blue waves, broken farther out in a line of silvery foam, come lazily.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include madreporic, madreporian, madreporiform, matrescent, gonioporoid, phaceloid.
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