Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the extinct tabulate corals of the family Chætitidæ, one of a set of pores which emerge on the surface in small tubercles. Contrasted with
autopore andmesopore .
Etymologies
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acantho + -pore (“opening”)
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