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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Porites

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01 n. An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others g…
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    An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.(Zool.)