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Definition: HELIOPORA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Heliopora" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Heliopora \He`li*op"o*ra\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression the sun passage, pore.]. (references)

Definition: HELIOPORA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HELIOPORA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Heliopora \He`li*op"o*ra\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression the sun passage, pore.]. (references)