madreporal

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic. not-comparable
    — As the Nautilus headed for Clermont-Tonnere, one of the curious islands of the group discovered in 1822 by Captain Bell of the Minerva, I prepared to study the madreporal system that has created these particular isle.
  2. Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes; not-comparable
    — Between these vascular rings there is a long muscular heart, which, united to the calcareous pouch or cord, extends from the madreporal plate to the mouth.

词源

Madrepora + -al
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