Poritesn.

Brit.

/pɔːˈrʌɪtiːz/, U.S.

/pɔˈraɪtiz/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin porites, specific name of a coral (called Madrepora porites in P. S. Pallas Elenchus zoophytorum (1766) 324 and in Linnaeus Systema Natura (ed. 12) of the same year; later applied as a genus name to a fossil coral by J. E. Guettard 1770 in Mém. Differentes Parties Sci. & Arts ii. 358, and to a living coral by H. F. Link Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Univ. zu Rostock (1807) 163) < either post-classical Latin porus (see pore n.¹) or ancient Greek πῶρος calcareous stone, stalactite (see pore n.², and note at madrepore n.) + scientific Latin -ites -ite suffix¹. Compare earlier porite n.

Originally Palaeontology and Zoology.

A living or fossil scleractinian coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae, typically forming large aggregations and having a characteristically porous skeleton. Also (in form porites): the material of this skeleton, used locally as a building stone.

ΚΠ

1845 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 9 215 Like the older limestones, this rock is deeply honeycombed, and contains large detached meandrina, madreporites, porites, [etc.].

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 352 The reef-building masons,..the Meandrinas and the Porites.

1988 New Yorker 25 July 44/3 ‘They were killing huge heads of porites, enormous heads of porites’. Porites..grow into giant boulders.

1999 A. Petersen Dict. Islamic Archit. 54 The preferred type of reef coral for building is porites because of its compact vascular structure which means it is both strong and easy to carve.

2001 Medieval Afr. 195 The mosques and the palaces might be constructed of porites coral, mined from the submerged shoals of living coral, which could be cut with a saw into matching blocks before they hardened by exposure to the air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	porites
释义	Poritesn. Brit. /pɔːˈrʌɪtiːz/, U.S. /pɔˈraɪtiz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin porites. Etymology: < scientific Latin porites, specific name of a coral (called Madrepora porites in P. S. Pallas Elenchus zoophytorum (1766) 324 and in Linnaeus Systema Natura (ed. 12) of the same year; later applied as a genus name to a fossil coral by J. E. Guettard 1770 in Mém. Differentes Parties Sci. & Arts ii. 358, and to a living coral by H. F. Link Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Univ. zu Rostock (1807) 163) < either post-classical Latin porus (see pore n.¹) or ancient Greek πῶρος calcareous stone, stalactite (see pore n.², and note at madrepore n.) + scientific Latin -ites -ite suffix¹. Compare earlier porite n. Originally Palaeontology and Zoology. A living or fossil scleractinian coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae, typically forming large aggregations and having a characteristically porous skeleton. Also (in form porites): the material of this skeleton, used locally as a building stone. ΚΠ 1845 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 9 215 Like the older limestones, this rock is deeply honeycombed, and contains large detached meandrina, madreporites, porites, [etc.]. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 352 The reef-building masons,..the Meandrinas and the Porites. 1988 New Yorker 25 July 44/3 ‘They were killing huge heads of porites, enormous heads of porites’. Porites..grow into giant boulders. 1999 A. Petersen Dict. Islamic Archit. 54 The preferred type of reef coral for building is porites because of its compact vascular structure which means it is both strong and easy to carve. 2001 Medieval Afr. 195 The mosques and the palaces might be constructed of porites coral, mined from the submerged shoals of living coral, which could be cut with a saw into matching blocks before they hardened by exposure to the air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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