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Definition of Madrepore

1. Noun. Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands.

Definition of Madrepore

1. n. Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

Definition of Madrepore

1. Noun. A coral of the order Madreporaria ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) Any stony coral. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Madrepore

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Medical Definition of Madrepore

1. Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral. Origin: F. Madrepore, perh. Fr. Madre spotted, fr. OF. Madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. Masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. Maser + pore (see Pore); or perh. F. Madrepore is rather from It. Madrepora, and this perh. Fr. It. Madre mother (see Mother) + Gr. A soft stone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madrepore

Literary usage of Madrepore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1808)
"madrepore madrepore AN POLYPE FOSSIL madrepore DIFFICULTY IN ... madrepore, under which genus are placed all those corals, the cavities of which are divided ..."

2. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1872)
"I know of no species in which it can be •examined under so favourable circumstances as the pretty madrepore (Cyar thina ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The madrepore family, typified by the genus Madrepora. iu limits vary with .... madrepore coral consists of carbonate of lime, with traces of animal matter, ..."

4. The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats by Mary Botham Howitt, Henry Hart Milman, John Keats (1853)
"... Were wrought the coral and madrepore, And among the sea-weeds green and red, Like flocks of the valley the Turtles fled ; And the sea-flowers budded ..."

5. History and Uses of Limestones and Marbles by Sarah Maria Burnham (1883)
"madrepore limestone, enclosing marine shells, constitutes the principal rock near Havana, where it is quarried and has been employed in the construction of ..."

6. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"madrepore coral is of a white color wrinkled on the surface and full of little cavities, in each of which an individual polyp is lodged. ..."

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