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MADREPORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does madrepore mean?
• MADREPORE (noun)
The noun MADREPORE has 1 sense:
1. corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
Familiarity information: MADREPORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral
Hypernyms ("madrepore" is a kind of...):
coral (marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "madrepore"):
brain coral (massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface)
stag's-horn coral; staghorn coral (large branching coral resembling antlers)
mushroom coral (flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached))
Holonyms ("madrepore" is a member of...):
Madreporaria; order Madreporaria (stony corals)
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