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madrepore

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted adeemoprrStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus.

Used in a sentence

  • The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country.
  • The rocks of Gonye are reddish gray sandstone, nearly horizontal, and perforated by madrepores, the holes showing the course of the insect in different directions.
  • This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground.

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