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

  Millepore \Mil"le*pore\ (m[i^]l"l[-e]*p[=o]r), n. [L. mille
     thousand + porus pore: cf. F. mill['e]pore.] (Zool.)
     Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly
     smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or
     cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See
     {Hydrocorallia}.


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