millepore

English

Etymology

From French millépore, from Latin mille (“thousand”) + porus (“pore”).

Noun

millepore (plural millepores)

  1. Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.
    Synonym: fire coral

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