millepore

[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]
/ ˈmɪl əˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr /

noun

a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.

Origin of millepore

1745–55; < New Latin millepora, equivalent to mille thousand + -pora passage; see pore2

Words nearby millepore

millennialism, millennium, millennium bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore, miller, miller index, miller's disease, miller's thumb, miller's-thumb

British Dictionary definitions for millepore

millepore
/ (ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː) /

noun

any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora, having a calcareous skeleton

Word Origin for millepore

C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole