millepore

[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

1. a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.

millepore

/ ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː /

noun

1. any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora , having a calcareous skeleton

Word History and Origins

Origin of millepore¹

1745–55; < New Latin millepora, equivalent to mille thousand + -pora passage; pore ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of millepore¹

C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole