||Tu*bip"o*ra (?), n. [NL., from L.
tubus tube + porus passage, pore.] (Zoöl.) A
genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe
coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at
intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and
form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and
Pacific Oceans.
||Tu*bip"o*ra (?), n. [NL., from L.
tubus tube + porus passage, pore.] (Zoöl.) A
genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe
coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at
intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and
form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and
Pacific Oceans.