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millepore
[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]
noun
- a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
millepore
/ ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː /
noun
- any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora , having a calcareous skeleton
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Word History and Origins
Origin of millepore1
1745–55; < New Latin millepora, equivalent to mille thousand + -pora passage; pore 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of millepore1
C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole
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