mil·le·pore (m l  -pôr , -p r)n. Any of various reef-building hydrocorals of the order Milleporina of tropical marine waters, forming white or yellowish calcareous structures and resembling the true corals of the class Anthozoa. [Italian millepora : mille, thousand (from Latin m  lle, thousand; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots) + -pora (alteration of poro, tufa, pore; see madrepore).] |
millepore [ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora, having a calcareous skeleton
[from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole]
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