'Porites' definitions:
Definition of 'Porites'
From: GCIDE
- Porites \Po*ri"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. po`ros a pore.] (Zool.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms. [1913 Webster]