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MADREPORARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stony corals
Synonyms:
Madreporaria; order Madreporaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Madreporaria" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Madreporaria"):
madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral (corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands)
genus Maeandra; Maeandra (brain corals)
Acropora; genus Acropora (coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals)
Fungia; genus Fungia (a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals)
Holonyms ("Madreporaria" is a member of...):
Actinozoa; Anthozoa; class Actinozoa; class Anthozoa (a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)
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