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Definition of Madreporites
1. madreporite [n] - See also: madreporite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madreporites
Literary usage of Madreporites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"This species generally has two or more madreporites and two or more ani. There is
a great difference in the size of the madreporic body and frequently, ..."
2. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1916)
"One of the smallest ones seen had 8 rays and 5 madreporites, its mean ray length
... 14, which includes all cases in which the madreporites were counted, ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1815)
"... in all the rocks of this class in South Britain. Dr. Fleming has mentioned
them in Linlithgowshire. A great variety of madreporites is commonly seen. ..."
4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1815)
"In the first place, madreporites were first observed in the Plymouth lime-stone
about eight years ago (and a notice of this circumstance is given in vol. ..."
5. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"In the first place, madreporites were first observed in the Plymouth lime-stone
about eight years ago (and a notice of this circumstance is given in vol. ..."
6. A Manual of the Elements of Natural History by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1825)
"madreporites in great abundance and variety, and forming in some places ...
The very beautifully formed madreporites cristatus J from the latter place ..."
7. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"Stone - canals often numerous, and with complex madreporites not connected with
the body-wall (exc. Holothuria lactea). The left respiratory tree is ..."
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