The madrepore pier had been nearly swept away, and the houses near the water were flooded.
The madrepore corals are called reef-builders, but not in the sense of constructors of reefs.
This madrepore grows like the one described above, except that the branches do not remain separated, but unite or grow together, giving broad, flat surfaces which resemble fronds.
They are encased in a formation of madrepore breccia, which the negroes call God's masonry, and which, like the travertin of Italy, envelops fragments of vases and other objects created by human skill.
We found a block of madrepore in the rock, measuring upwards of three cubic feet.
The silicified corals include massive corals of the Astraean and “Porites” kinds and branching specimens of the Madrepore type or habit.
You have a beautifulmadrepore or brain-stone on your mantel-piece, brought home from some Pacific coral-reef.
Another species of Madrepore (11) was discovered on our Devon coast by Mr. Gosse, more gaudy, though not so delicate in hue as our Caryophyllia.
And I was at the lowest point of created life; a madrepore rooted to the rock, fathoms below the tide-mark; and worst of all, my individuality was gone.
The madrepore shall become a shell, and the shell a fish, and the fish a bird, and the bird a beast; and then he shall become a man again, and see the glory of the latter days.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "madrepore" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
