retepore

English

Etymology

Latin rete (“net”) + porus (“pore”)

Noun

retepore (plural retepores)

(zoology) Any of several species of bryozoans of the genus Reteporella (syn. Retepora) or the family Reteporidae, that form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.

References

retepore at OneLook Dictionary Search
“retepore”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Reteporella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Reteporella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Reteporella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Retepora at World Register of Marine Species

Anagrams

peterero, reportee

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