Associations to the word «Madrepore»

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Wiktionary

MADREPORE, noun. A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the larger group Madreporaria.
MADREPORE, noun. (archaic) Any stony coral.

Dictionary definition

MADREPORE, noun. Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope