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

References

• “millepore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.