Crossword-Solution: APOROSA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aporosa | n. pl. | A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| APOROSA | anagram | POORASA |
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| Type of coral | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
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Sentences with APOROSA (5)
Turning to the animal kingdom, he affirmed the tabulate corals of the Silurian rocks to be wonderfully like those which now exist; while even the families of the Aporosa were all represented in the older Mesozoic rocks.
See Perforate.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.
Corals have been divided into _Aporosa_ and _Perforata_, according as the theca and septa are compact and solid, or are perforated by pores containing canals lined by endoderm.
The fact, however, that the skeleton is imperforate is sufficient for the present to justify the inclusion of the family in the section Aporosa.
The family Fungiidae shows many peculiarities which separate it very distinctly from both the Cyclocnemaria and the Aporosa.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1989).