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madrepores

madrepores is the plural of madrepore.

Meaning of madrepore

Noun

madrepore (plural madrepores)

  1. A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
    • 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.1811, William Marsden, The History of Sumatra
  2. (archaic) Any stony coral.
    • 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.1926, W.D. Sweeting, The Cathedral Church of Peterborough

Questions about madrepores

What is madrepores the plural of?
Madrepores is the plural of madrepore.

Words near madrepores in the dictionary

  1. madreperl
  2. madreporal
  3. madreporarian
  4. madreporarians
  5. madrepore
  6. madrepores
  7. madreporian
  8. madreporians
  9. madreporic
  10. madreporical
  11. madreporiform

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