English-Thai Dictionary
madrepore
N หิน ปะการัง พวก Madreporaria พบ แถบ ทะเล ร้อน
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MADREPORE
n.A submarine substance of a stony hardness, resembling coral. It consists of carbonate of lime with some animal matter. It is of a white color, wrinkled on the surface, and full of cavities or cells, inhabited by a small animal. From a liquor discharged by this animal, the substance is said to be formed. Madrepores constitute a genus of polypiers, of variable forms, always garnished with radiated plates.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MADREPORE
Mad "re *pore, n. Etym: [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madré spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see Pore ); or perh. F. madrépore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre mother (see Mother ) + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
New American Oxford Dictionary
madrepore
mad re pore |ˈmadrəˌpôr ˈmædrəpɔr | ▶noun 1 a stony coral of the genus Madrepora. 2 the polyp producing this. DERIVATIVES mad re por ic |ˌmadrəˈpôrik |adjective
Duden Dictionary
Madrepore
Ma d re po re , Ma dre po re Substantiv, feminin Zoologie , die Madreporarie |Madrep o re |die Madrepore; Genitiv: der Madrepore, Plural: die Madreporen französisch madrépore < italienisch madrepora Steinkoralle
Madreporenkalk
Ma d re po ren kalk , Ma dre po ren kalk Substantiv, maskulin Geologie , der |Madrep o renkalk |Korallenkalk der Juraformation
Madreporenplatte
Ma d re po ren plat te , Ma dre po ren plat te Substantiv, feminin Zoologie , die |Madrep o renplatte |die Madreporenplatte; Genitiv: der Madreporenplatte, Plural: die Madreporenplatten siebartige Kalkplatte auf der Rückenseite von Seesternen und Seeigeln
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