Etymology

madreporiform

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Today it means: Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure. Full definition →

Latin fōrma ← English madrepore
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  1. Englishmadrepore
  2. Latinfōrma
  3. English todaymadreporiform

From madrepore + -iform.

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