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cellepore|ˈsɛlɪpɔə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. cellepora (Linnæus), f. cella cell, after madrepora madrepore.]
A genus of Polyzoa consisting of a group of vase-like chambers with a beak on one or both sides. Also attrib.
Hence † celleporite (see quot.).
1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 435 Zoophytes..abound in common limestone..Among them may also be classed the milleporite, the celleporite. 1852Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. v. 184 Their interior is filled with fossil madrepores and cellepores. 1855Kingsley Glaucus (1878) 123 There are a few other true cellepore corals round the coast. |