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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

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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