milleporineadj.n.

Brit.

/mɪlᵻˈpɔːrʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˌmɪləˈpɔraɪn/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Milleporina, order name (1890 in Cent. Dict.; valid publication Y. Delage and E. Hérouard Traité de zoologie concrète (1901) II. ii. 153) < scientific Latin Millepora (see millepore n.) + -ina (see -ine suffix¹). Compare earlier millepore n.

Zoology.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the group of colonial hydrozoans (hydrocorals) which includes the genus Millepora; resembling a millepore.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Milleporine, Pertaining to the Milleporidæ, or having their character; resembling a millepore; milleporiform.

1972 Ecology 53 745/1 On Arcuadargana..and in the immediately adjoining shallow and deep water areas are 49 hermatypic, 16 ahermatypic, and 4 milleporine corals.

1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) xi. 216 (table) Calcareous algae, milleporine hydrozoans, scleractinian corals, Bryozoa.

B. n.

A milleporine hydrozoan.

ΚΠ

1906 S. J. Hickson in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. x. 262 Whether Axopora is or is not a true Milleporine, however, cannot at present be determined.

1990 R. C. Brusca & G. J. Brusca Invertebrates viii. 215/1 Like the true (stony) corals, milleporines rely on a compound relationship with zooxanthellae.

1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) v. 100/1 The hydrocorallines (milleporines and stylasterines) are hydrozoans which superficially resemble corals and may be quite important in some modern reefs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milleporine
释义	milleporineadj.n. Brit. /mɪlᵻˈpɔːrʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɪləˈpɔraɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Milleporina. Etymology: < scientific Latin Milleporina, order name (1890 in Cent. Dict.; valid publication Y. Delage and E. Hérouard Traité de zoologie concrète (1901) II. ii. 153) < scientific Latin Millepora (see millepore n.) + -ina (see -ine suffix¹). Compare earlier millepore n. Zoology. A. adj. Of or relating to the group of colonial hydrozoans (hydrocorals) which includes the genus Millepora; resembling a millepore. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Milleporine, Pertaining to the Milleporidæ, or having their character; resembling a millepore; milleporiform. 1972 Ecology 53 745/1 On Arcuadargana..and in the immediately adjoining shallow and deep water areas are 49 hermatypic, 16 ahermatypic, and 4 milleporine corals. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) xi. 216 (table) Calcareous algae, milleporine hydrozoans, scleractinian corals, Bryozoa. B. n. A milleporine hydrozoan. ΚΠ 1906 S. J. Hickson in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. x. 262 Whether Axopora is or is not a true Milleporine, however, cannot at present be determined. 1990 R. C. Brusca & G. J. Brusca Invertebrates viii. 215/1 Like the true (stony) corals, milleporines rely on a compound relationship with zooxanthellae. 1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) v. 100/1 The hydrocorallines (milleporines and stylasterines) are hydrozoans which superficially resemble corals and may be quite important in some modern reefs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1890
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