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porites |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Porites \Po*ri"tes\, n. [NL., fr Gr po`ros a pore.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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