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Porites

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Porites'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/porites.html. 1828.