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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. stony corals;
[syn: Madreporaria, order Madreporaria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Madreporaria \Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zool.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa. -- Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an, a. & n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anthozoa \An`tho*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + ? animal.] (Zool.) The class of the C[oe]lenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Madreporaria n 1: stony corals [syn: Madreporaria, order Madreporaria]