mad|re|pore

mad|re|pore
mad|re|pore «MAD ruh pr, -pohr», noun.
any one of an order of stony corals that often form reefs in tropical seas.
[< French madrépore < Italian madrepora < madre mother (< Latin māter) + poro, ultimately < Greek pôros kind of stone]

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