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madreporic Definition


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madrepore
noun
    1. zool.
      Any coral of the common, reef-building type, occurring especially in tropical seas.
Derivative: madreporic
adj
    Etymology: 18c: from Italian madrepora, meaning ‘mother stone'.



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