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porite Zool.|ˈpɔəraɪt|
[ad. mod.L. generic name Porītēs (Lamarck); f. Gr. πορός passage, pore, or ? πῶρ-ος calcareous stone, stalactite: see madrepore and -ite1.]
A coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidæ of perforate sclerodermatous corals.
1828Webster, Porite, a petrified madrepore. Dict. Nat. Hist. 1846Dana Zooph. vii. (1848) 110 The Porites..graduate into the Astræsporæ, and thence to the Astroites. |