单词 | madrepore |
释义 | madrepore (once / 51840 pages) n WORD FAMILY madrepore: madrepores USAGE EXAMPLESA vast quantity of small cups and paterae were made by this means in patterns which bear considerable resemblance to the surfaces of madrepores. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) The Madrepore stone is found among the fossil productions of Ashton. Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell, Curiosities of Great Britain: Engla...(2011) There are beautifully branching trees of madrepores, whose prongs are from one to two feet in length, and sometimes curiously interlaced. Semmes, Raphael, Memoirs of Service Afloat, During t...(2011) n corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands Syn|Hypo|Hyper madriporian coral, stony coral brain coral massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface stag's-horn coral, staghorn corallarge branching coral resembling antlers mushroom coralflattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) coral marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs |
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