Definition of Millepores

1. Noun. (plural of millepore) ¹

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Definition of Millepores

1. millepore [n] - See also: millepore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millepores

millennialists
millennials
millennian
millennist
millennists
millennium
millennium bug
millenniumism
millenniums
milleped
millepede
millepedes
millepeds
millepora
millepore
millepores (current term)
milleporite
milleporites
miller
miller's-thumb
miller's asthma
miller's thumb
miller's thumbs
miller fisher syndrome
miller moth
milleress
milleresses
millerite
millerites
millers

Literary usage of Millepores

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

1. The Evolution of Life by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"... millepores — Sea- fans—Corallines—Anatomy of the coral animal—Budding coral eggs—Watkins Glen. THE geological formations of the Silurian age pass into ..."

2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1894)
"7. a number of such Mil- lepore atolls and barrier reefs which are merely rims of pot-holes protected by a growth of millepores. ..."

3. The Story of Life in the Seas by Sydney John Hickson (1898)
"In the millepores of the Pacific region we very frequently find a number of ... Now when we compare carefully the anatomy of those millepores with the ..."

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