madrepore

名词 madrepore:

1. corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
   同义词：stony coral, madriporian coral

mad.re.pore

n.（名词）
Any of various stony corals of the order Madreporaria, which includes the reef builders of tropical seas.
石珊瑚：任一种属于石珊瑚目的各种石质珊瑚，包括热带海洋中的礁石珊瑚

来源：
Italian madrepora
意大利语 madrepora
madre [mother] from Latin m3ter m3tr- * see m3ter-
madre [母亲] 源自 拉丁语 m3ter m3tr- *参见 m3ter-
-pora alteration of poro [tufa, pore] from Late Latin porus [passageway] * see pore 2 or from Latin pôrus [calcareous stone, stalactite] from Greek pôros
-pora poro的变化 [石灰华，细孔] 源自 后期拉丁语 porus [通道] *参见 pore2 或源自 拉丁语 pôrus [石灰石，钟乳石] 源自 希腊语 pôros

【引伸】
mad.repo.rian
adj.（形容词）
mad.repor.ic
adj.（形容词）