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mad·re·por·ite M0021600 (măd′rə-pôr′īt)n. A perforated platelike structure in most echinoderms that forms the intake for their water-vascular systems.
[So called because the perforations resemble those of a madrepore.]madreporite (ˈmædrɪˌpɔːraɪt) n (Biology) the opening which allows water to filter into the water vascular system of echinodermsmad•re•por•ite (ˈmæd rəˌpɔr aɪt, -ˌpoʊr-, məˈdrɛp əˌraɪt)
n. a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms through which water passes into the vascular system. [1875–80] madreporiteenUK
madreporite[′mad·rə‚pȯr‚īt] (invertebrate zoology) A delicately perforated sieve plate at the distal end of the stone canal in echinoderms. madreporiteenUK
madreporite the porous opening to the hydrocoel in ECHINODERMS. |