madrepore
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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madrepore perforate coral. XVIII. — F.
madrépore or modL.
madrepora, — It.
madrepora, app. taken by Ferrante Imperato (XVI) to be f.
madre MOTHER +
poro, L.
porus PORE, but the second el. may be L.
pōrus — Gr.
pôros calareous stone, stalactite.
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/31/2002; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 12/30/1996; ; 700+ words
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Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
Magazine article from: New England Reading Association Journal; 1/1/2002; ; 394 words
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Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
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Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 6/28/1999; ; 675 words
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Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/23/2007; ; 457 words
; ...birth has been recorded among hammerhead sharks for the first time, in a...wild populations. A female shark that was caught off Florida...though there were no male hammerheads in the aquarium. Similar...have been put down to the sharks' ability to store sperm...that showed that the newborn ...
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hammerhead shark
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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hammerhead
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
ham·mer·head / ˈhamərˌhed / • n. 1. (also hammerhead shark ) a shark (genus Sphyrna , family Sphyrnidae) of tropical and temperate oceans that has flattened bladelike extensions...
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sharks
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...frequently shed and replaced; a shark typically replaces many thousands...most curiously shaped is the hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), which...herring , squid , and other sharks. The giant hammerhead can...in length. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias...
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shark
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...shark and the basking shark , are harmless plankton...families of small sharks; these should not...families. See also hammerhead shark and thresher shark . Shark meat is nutritious...estimated 100 million sharks landed annually are...
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shovelhead shark
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
shovelhead shark see hammerhead shark .
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