[ad. mod.L. cellepora (Linnæus), f. cella CELL, after madrepora MADREPORE.] A genus of Polyzoa, consisting of a group of vase-like chambers with a beak on one or both sides. Also attrib.
Hence † Celleporite (see quot.).
1811. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 435. Zoophytes … abound in common limestone…. Among them may also be classed the milleporite, the celleporite.
1852. Th. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., I. v. 184. Their interior is filled with fossil madrepores and cellepores.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus (1878), 123. There are a few other true cellepore corals round the coast.
