† milleporiten.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A fossil millepore.
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milleporite1803
1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 128 We occasionally noticed single entrochites, or almost obliterated traces of milleporites.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 435 Zoophytes..abound in common limestone... Among them may also be classed the milleporite, the celleporite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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