Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Madrepora"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Madrepora \Mad`re*po"ra\, n. [NL. See {Madre?ore}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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