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interporiferous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

lying between poriferous areas

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • The poriferous zone at its broadest part is five eighths of the width of the interporiferous area. The interporiferous zone is widest at the margin, and is there a little more than twice the width of the broadest part of the poriferous zone.

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History

Etymology

From inter- + poriferous.