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madreporites

madreporites is the plural of madreporite.

Meaning of madreporite

Noun

madreporite (plural madreporites)

  1. A calcareous opening in the body of echinoderms which connects the water vascular system to the environment.
  2. (archaic) A fossil stony coral, or a deposit composed of the same.
    • a similar Madreporite deposite is noticed a few feet above the coal seam1839, Report of the progress of the Geological Survey for the year 1839

Questions about madreporites

What is madreporites the plural of?
Madreporites is the plural of madreporite.

Words near madreporites in the dictionary

  1. madreporians
  2. madreporic
  3. madreporical
  4. madreporiform
  5. madreporite
  6. madreporites
  7. madreporitic
  8. Madresfield
  9. Madri
  10. Madriaga
  11. Madriagas

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