[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

madrepore \mad"repore\, n. f. madrepore, perh. fr. madr'e
   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. madr'epore
   is rather from it. madrepora, and this perh. fr. it. madre
   mother see mother + gr. ? a soft stone. zool.
   any coral of the genus madrepora, a group of corals having
   calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and
   islands; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

   syn: stony coral, madriporian coral.
        1913 webster
see also:
pore mother madrepora 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

madrepore
     n : corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which
         form reefs and islands syn: stony coral, madriporian
         coral
see also:
stony coral madriporian coral 

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