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millepore
[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr /
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noun
a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
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Origin of millepore
Words nearby millepore
millennialism, millennium, Millennium Bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore, miller, Millerand, millerbird, Miller, Glenn, Miller index
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British Dictionary definitions for millepore
millepore
/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː) /
noun
any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora, having a calcareous skeleton
Word Origin for millepore
C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole
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