Madrepora

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Translingual

Madrepora oculata
(zigzag coral)

Etymology

New Latin, from Italian madrepora

Proper noun

Madrepora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oculinidae – reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes more than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.

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