madreporite

[ mad-ruh-pawr-ahyt, -pohr-, muh-drep-uh-rahyt ]

noun
  1. a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.

Origin of madreporite

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; madrepore + -ite1

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