retepore

English

Etymology

Latin rete (“net”) + porus (“pore”)

Noun

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.

References

• “retepore”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “retepore”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Reteporella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reteporella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Reteporella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Retepora at World Register of Marine Species

Anagrams

• peterero, reportee