Madreporic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Madreporian \Mad`re*po"ri*an\, Madreporic \Mad`re*po"ric\, a.
     (Zool.)
     Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus {Madrepora}.
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     {Madreporic plate} (Zool.), a perforated plate in


        echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the
        ambulacral tubes; -- called also {madreporic tubercule}.
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