madreporidn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmadrᵻˈpɔːrɪd/, U.S.

/ˌmædrəˈpɔrɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Madreporidae.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Madreporidae (J. E. Gray 1840, in Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 41) 72) < Madrepora madrepore n. + -idae (see -id suffix³).

Zoology. Now rare.

A. n.

A coral of the family Madreporidae, which includes the genus Madrepora.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Zoantharia > suborder Madreporaria > member of family Madreporidae

madreporid1872

1872 J. D. Dana Corals & Coral Islands i. 109 In the Madrepora tribe (Madreporacea), all of the Madreporids and Poritids.

1897 Philos. Trans. 1896 (Royal Soc.) B. 187 327 It comes to be a question how far the recent Poritidæ are related with the recent Madreporids.

1899 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 27 130 Porites is..related to the Madreporids.

1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 412 In the Madrepora tribe, all of the Madreporids and Poritids.

B. adj.

Of or relating to this family.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa

anthozoic1843

anthozoan1844

anthozooid1851

actinozoal1861

actinozoan1885

madreporid1897

madreporidan1899

1897 Philos. Trans. 1896 (Royal Soc.) B. 187 260 In so far as septa are concerned, I recognized..five leading types, viz...(4) Madreporid.

1899 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 27 141 An exclusively Madreporid origin.

Derivatives

† madreporidan adj. Obsolete = sense B.

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