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madreporic

madreporic adjective: resembling, or pertaining to, the madrepores (corals of the genus Madrepora).

Adjective

madreporic (not comparable)

  1. Resembling, or pertaining to, the madrepores (corals of the genus Madrepora).
    • madreporic island
    • madreporic tube

Origin of madreporic

From madrepore + -ic.

Questions about madreporic

What does madreporic mean?
Madreporic means resembling, or pertaining to, the madrepores (corals of the genus Madrepora).
What part of speech is madreporic?
Madreporic is an adjective.

Words near madreporic in the dictionary

  1. madreporarians
  2. madrepore
  3. madrepores
  4. madreporian
  5. madreporians
  6. madreporic
  7. madreporical
  8. madreporiform
  9. madreporite
  10. madreporites
  11. madreporitic

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