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millepore definition

mille·pore (-pôr′)

noun

any of an order (Milleporina) of coral-like hydrozoans that form branching or leaflike calcareous masses with small openings on the surface

Etymology: Fr millépore < mille, thousand + pore < L porus, pore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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