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Definition of: madreporite
(mad′rə·pô·rīt′) noun Zool.
In starfishes and certain other echinoderms, the circular perforated plate by which the internal ambulacral system communicates with the outside. Also madreporic plate. [<MADREPOR(E) + -ITE1
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