(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:06

Mad`re*po"ra (?), n. [NL. See Madreore.] Zool.

A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.

-- Mad`re*po"ral (#), a.

 

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