ACROPORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acropora mean? 

• ACROPORA (noun)
  The noun ACROPORA has 1 sense:

1. coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals

  Familiarity information: ACROPORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROPORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acropora; genus Acropora

Hypernyms ("Acropora" is a kind of...):

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Acropora"):

stag's-horn coral; staghorn coral (large branching coral resembling antlers)

Holonyms ("Acropora" is a member of...):

Madreporaria; order Madreporaria (stony corals)

 Context examples 

The researchers examined three types of coral in reefs off the coast of Fiji, Acropora millepora, Porites cylindrica, and Pocillopora damicornis.

(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)