millepore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.

Word forms

millepore millepores

Etymology

From French millépore, from Latin mille (“thousand”) + porus (“pore”).

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