madrepore
See also: madrépore
English edit
Etymology edit
From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
madrepore (plural madrepores)
- A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
- 1811, William Marsden, The History of Sumatra[1]:
- 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.
- 1873, David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa[2]:
- 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.
- (archaic) Any stony coral.
- 1926, W.D. Sweeting, The Cathedral Church of Peterborough[3]:
- 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.
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References edit
- “madrepore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “madrepore”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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madrepore f