English Explanatory Dictionary

madreporal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
  2. Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;

Word forms

madreporal

Etymology

Madrepora + -al

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