retepore

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Latin rete (net) + porus (pore)

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retepore (plural retepores)

  1. (zoology) Any of several species of bryozoans of the genus Reteporella (syn. Retepora) or the family Reteporidae, that form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.

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