Mil'le-pōre, n.

noun

n. [Fr. millé-pore, It. millepora, Sp. millepora, from Lat. mille, a thousand, and porus, pore.] (Zool.) A species of coral, having the surface smooth, and perforated with very minute punctures or cells, which have transverse partitions. The animal is an acaleph, related to Coryne, and not a polyp. Agassiz.

A branching coral with numerous upright, finger-like projections.
Millepora alcicornis.