noun
Origin: Fr madrépore < It madrepora, lit., mother-stone (from its rapid production) < madre (< L mater, mother) + poro, a pore < L porus, pore
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Origin: Italian madrepora
Origin: : madre, mother (from Latin māter, mātr-; see māter- in Indo-European roots)
Origin: + -pora (alteration of poro, tufa, pore, from Late Latin porus, passageway; see pore2, or from Latin pōrus, calcareous stone, stalactite, from Greek pōros)
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