Madrepore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Madrepore is a noun meaning A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
Meaning
A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Any stony coral.
Example Sentences
This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground.
The rocks of Gonye are reddish gray sandstone, nearly horizontal, and perforated by madrepores, the holes showing the course of the insect in different directions.
The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country.
Word Forms
- madrepores
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include madrapore, montiporid, madreporite, millepore, marginoporid, acropore.
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