Madreporic

Madreporic

(Science: zoology) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus madrepora.

(Science: zoology) madreporic plate, a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes.

Synonym: madreporic tubercule.

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