'Madreporal' definitions:
Definition of 'Madreporal'
From: GCIDE
- Madrepora \Mad`re*po"ra\ (m[a^]d`r[-e]*p[=o]"r[.a]), n. [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zool.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. -- {Mad`re*po"ral}, a. [1913 Webster]