madreporaria

3 definitions found

madreporaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Madreporaria \Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Madrepore.]
     (Zool.)
     An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the
     species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.
     -- Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an, a. & n.
     [1913 Webster]

  Anthozoa \An`tho*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + ?
     animal.] (Zool.)
     The class of the C[oe]lenterata which includes the corals and
     sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are
     Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
     [1913 Webster]

madreporaria - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Madreporaria
      n 1: stony corals [syn: Madreporaria, order Madreporaria]