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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially
Millepora alcicornis , of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. SeeIllust. undermillepore .
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- noun zoology Millepora alcicornis, a
coral with acalcareous skeleton .
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Because it stings the tongue like ginger.
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