madrepore

English - Turkish

Definition of madrepore in English Turkish dictionary

mercan kayası

delikli mercan

(isim) delikli mercan

bu mercanı yapan hayvancık

English - English

Definition of madrepore in English English dictionary

Any stony coral

A coral of the order Madreporaria

{n} a submarine substance of a stony hardness, branched and full of cells, inhabited by animals by which it is formed or medusa

Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral

{i} rocky coral that forms reefs in tropical seas

Hyphenation

mad·re·pore

Etymology

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