-pora

noun combining form

-po·​ra

pərə,

ˈpōrə

: one or ones having (such) a passage or pore or (such or so many) passages or pores

—chiefly in generic names

Heliopora

Millepora

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin porus bodily passage, pore

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