madreporal

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madreporal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Madrepora \Mad`re*po"ra\ (m[a^]d`r[-e]*p[=o]"r[.a]), n. [NL. See
     Madrepore.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]