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单词 madrepore
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A vast quantity of small cups and paterae were made by this means in patterns which bear considerable resemblance to the surfaces of madrepores. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
There are beautifully branching trees of madrepores, whose prongs are from one to two feet in length, and sometimes curiously interlaced. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z
One need only glance at the photographs of osmotic productions to recognize the forms of madrepore, fungus, alga, and shell. The Mechanism of Life
In one of the Maldive islands a coral reef, which, within a few years, existed on an islet bearing cocoa-nut trees, was found by Lieutenant Prentice, "entirely covered with live coral and madrepore." Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
"The wild —— —— waste their fragrant stores In leafy islands walled with madrepores And lapped in Orient seas, When all their feathery palms toss, plume-like, in the breeze." Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895
It abounded with little, shallow pools among the rocks, where such a variety of beautiful anemones, madrepores, sea-cucumbers, and other marine objects might be seen that it almost resembled an aquarium. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story
The public edifices are constructed of materials obtained from the bottom of the ocean: the stony habitations of a kind of marine animals called madrepores. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe
Osmotic growth gives us fibrous silicates, phosphatic nodules, corals, and madrepores; it also gives us formations which remind one of the "atolls," calcareous growths rising like a crown out of the water. The Mechanism of Life
The sides of these natural grottoes are entirely covered with endless forms of tender-coloured coral, but all beautiful, and all more or less of the fingery or branching species, known as madrepores. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
The madrepores, so abundant in Russia and in the frozen deserts of Siberia, only live now in seas within the tropics. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831
We found in this place, in the dry bed of an old stream, innumerable fossils in the limestone, principally shells and madrepore Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage
On the shore hereabouts, all sorts of marine curiosities can be picked up, such as petrified wood, madrepores, jaspers, agates, and a variety of shells. A Yacht Voyage Round England
It is a marvellous spectacle to see a formless fragment of calcium salt grow into a shell, a madrepore, or a fungus, and this as the result of a simple physical force. The Mechanism of Life
Third picture: in shallow seas have sprung up isles of madrepore; a cluster of palm trees overhangs them here and there. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life
The sand, some 14 feet in depth, which originally surrounded the building, has been washed away, allowing the sea free access to the foundation caisson, which is down 14 feet into the solid madrepore. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91
See, I've got lots of shells," he said, "and several beautiful madrepores. The Story of the White-Rock Cove
All around is a sea of mounds covered with sand, where the houses stood, mostly built of madrepore, and laid out in streets. Southern Arabia
In this we may obtain beautiful growths like madrepores or corals, formed by a central nucleus from which radiate large leaves like the petals of a flower. The Mechanism of Life
The madrepores will not build their subaqueous coral walls where rivers run into the ocean; hence the open spaces here and there happily left, that form deep transverse channels admitting the largest ships. The Castaways
He tells me there are hundreds lying about where he lives—Ogwell, the place is, in Devonshire, just behind Newton Abbot—and that they're called madrepores. Major Vigoureux
Aleck continued, gleefully, whilst I drew in line, and my kite slowly descended; "we shall have time for the sailing match, and madrepore hunt, and the caverns—everything!" The Story of the White-Rock Cove
The flat ground for miles inland is composed of nothing but madrepore, and is covered with semi-fossilised sea-shells, which have probably not been inhabited for thousands of years. Southern Arabia
July 10, 1820, he was present and made a report relative to madrepores and molluscs. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work
The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
He bent and affected to examine the madrepore. Major Vigoureux
The ridges are generally hardened sandstone, marked with madrepores, and masses of brown haematite. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868
The madrepore pier had been nearly swept away, and the houses near the water were flooded. Southern Arabia
Disturbed by the struggle, however, the madrepores and anemones were nervously closing up their living blooms. Children of the Wild
Oolite found by Durand in a low range, standing by itself in the valley, it generally bears a vast quantity of nummulites and madrepores Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
The elevated plains among these mountain masses show great patches of ferruginous conglomerate, which, when broken, look like yellow haematite with madrepore holes in it: this has made the soil of a red colour. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868
The remaining orders, including the corals, madrepores, and other polypi, have yet to find a naturalist to undertake their investigation, but in all probability the species are not very numerous. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1
Quaint madrepore inlaying every palace, from Versailles downwards, like cells of pygmies in dwelling-places of Titans. The Man Who Laughs
By way of strange contrast in values the pearls were separated from each other by worthless, little, smooth lumps of madrepore, or unfossilized coral. The Flying Legion
Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
No surface of madrepores is more sensitive to a touch than a Cabinet full of Spirits to a chilling syllable of failure. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert
Yet here are no estimates for plants, ferns, mosses, madrepores, extinct fossil species, minerals and rocks. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
Royal palaces are very easily entered; these madrepores have a way in soon guessed at, contrived, examined, and scooped out at need by the gnawing thing which is called the courtier. The Man Who Laughs
No buildings of ancient date are observed in Djidda, the madrepore being of such a nature that it rapidly decays when exposed to the rain and moist atmosphere prevalent here. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred
The inequalities of this coral rock are covered by a detritus of shells and madrepores. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
It is a conglomerate, containing fragments of madrepores and other corals cemented by a limestone basis and grains of sand. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
It must have been formed at the sea-level, some of it, indeed, under the sea; for here are great masses of madrepore and limestone corals imbedded just as they grew.  Town Geology
I have spoken to you about jeweller's coral, which is made into toys or presents for ladies to adorn themselves with; but its brethren, the madrepores of the Pacific Ocean play a very different part. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals
Fixed to a piece of madrepore, this seaweed vegetates at the bottom of the ocean, at the depth of 192 feet, notwithstanding which we found its leaves as green as those of our grasses. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
They are encased in a formation of madrepore breccia, which the negroes call God's masonry, and which, like the travertin of Italy, envelops fragments of vases and other objects created by human skill. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
Small rocks of meandrites, madrepores, and other corals, either ramified or with a rounded surface, rise in this vast plain, and seem to attest the recent retreat of the sea. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
These walls were the express achievements of madrepores known by the names fire coral, finger coral, star coral, and stony coral. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
We found a block of madrepore in the rock, measuring upwards of three cubic feet. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
The whole are easily detached, and their interior is filled with fossil madrepores and cellepores. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
Angular fragments of madrepores, and cellularia from two to three cubic inches, are found cemented by grains of quartzose sand. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
Among the limestone formations we must distinguish those which are essentially subordinate to volcanic tufas* from those which appear to be the work of madrepores and other zoophytes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
This sandstone combines angular fragments of gneiss, quartz, and chlorite, magnetical sand, madrepores, and petrified bivalve shells. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
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