Madrepore
Pronunciation : Mad"re*pore
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madr? 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. madr?pore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr
Definition : Defn: Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913