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porite

porite noun: any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.

Noun

porite (plural porites)

  1. Any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.

Forms of porite

pluralporites

Origin of porite

From pore + -ite.

Questions about porite

What does porite mean?
Porite means any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.
What part of speech is porite?
Porite is a noun.
What is the plural of porite?
The plural of porite is porites.

Words near porite in the dictionary

  1. porismatical
  2. porismatically
  3. porisms
  4. poristic
  5. poristical
  6. porite
  7. porites
  8. poritid
  9. poritids
  10. poritz
  11. Porjus

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