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

madreporian \mad`repo"rian\, madreporic \mad`repo"ric\, a.
   zool.
   resembling, or pertaining to, the genus madrepora.
   1913 webster

   madreporic plate zool., a perforated plate in
      echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the
      ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.
      1913 webster
see also:
madrepora madreporic plate madreporic tubercule 

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