The Collaborative International Dictionary
Madreporic
Madreporian \Mad`re*po"ri*an\, Madreporic \Mad`re*po"ric\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
Madreporic plate (Zo["o]l.), a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.
Wiktionary
madreporic
a. Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus ''Madrepora''.
Usage examples of "madreporic".
It coasted even the island of Kiltan, a land originally madreporic, discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1499, and one of the nineteen principal islands of the Laccadive Archipelago, situated between 10° and 14° 30' north latitude, and 69° 50' 72 east longitude.