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millepore

[ mil-uh-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.

millepore

/ ˈmɪlɪˌpɔː /

noun

  1. any tropical colonial coral-like medusoid hydrozoan of the order Milleporina, esp of the genus Millepora , having a calcareous skeleton
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of millepore1

1745–55; < New Latin millepora, equivalent to mille thousand + -pora passage; pore 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of millepore1

C18: from New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + porus hole

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