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† meandrite Obs.|miːˈændraɪt| Also mäandrite. [f. L. mæandr- meander n. + -ite. Cf. G. mäandrit, F. méandrite (Humboldt).] A coral belonging to the genus Meandrina.
1802–3tr. Pallas's Trav. (1812) I. 147 Its cells and tubes extend, as is the case with mäandrites or madreporites, in a parallel line from the surface. 1819Helen M. Williams tr. Humboldt's Trav. xvi. IV. 200 Small rocks of meandrites, madreporites, and other corals. |