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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Madreporian

· Mad·re·po·ri·an · IPA
01 a. Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
  1. 1.
    Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Madreporic plate — a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.