heliopora

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heliopora - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heliopora \He`li*op"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the sun + ? a
     passage, pore.] (Zool.)
     An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the
     Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.
     [1913 Webster]