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Porites - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Porites' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Porites [ n.]
- 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.

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poraille porbeagle porcate porcelain porcelainized porcelaneous porcelanite porcelanous porcellaneous porcellanous

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