MADREPORIC

Etymology

Adjective

madreporic (not comparable)

Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.

Source: Wiktionary


Mad`re*po"ri*an, Mad`re*po"ric, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora. Madreporic plate (Zoöl.), a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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