Madreporite Definition

mădrə-pôrīt
noun
A porous calcareous plate in most echinoderms, through which seawater enters the water-vascular system.
Webster's New World

A fossil coral.

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Other Word Forms of Madreporite

Noun

Singular:
madreporite
Plural:
madreporites

Origin of Madreporite

  • So called because the perforations resemble those of a madrepore

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • madrepore +"Ž -ite

    From Wiktionary

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