Millepore Definition

miləpôr
noun
Any of an order (Milleporina) of coral-like hydrozoans that form branching or leaflike calcareous masses with small openings on the surface.
Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Millepore

Noun

Singular:
millepore
Plural:
millepores

Origin of Millepore

  • Latin mille thousand + porus pore: compare French millépore.

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