madreporal
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3ADJ.
hard, tufaceous
VERB + MADREPORAL
composed, study
MADREPORAL + NOUN
material, system
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Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
As the Nautilus headed for Clermont-Tonnere, one of the curious islands of the group discovered in 1822 by Captain Bell of the Minerva, I prepared to study the madreporal system that has created these particular isle.
The instrument is about twenty feet above sea level, and is built on ground composed of hard madreporal rock.
Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;
Between these vascular rings there is a long muscular heart, which, united to the calcareous pouch or cord, extends from the madreporal plate to the mouth.
Its constituents are all coalesced into one piece, the madreporal filter spreading its pores over its central forepart.
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3As the Nautilus headed for Clermont-Tonnere, one of the curious islands of the group discovered in 1822 by Captain Bell of the Minerva, I prepared to study the madreporal system that has created these
WiktionaryThe instrument is about twenty feet above sea level, and is built on ground composed of hard madreporal rock.
WiktionaryLiquid fuel, such as the residues of petrol, etc., is absorbed by some porous incombustible substance, such as pumicestone, tufaceous or madreporal material, or bones from which the grease, gelatine,
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