madonna, madona

[Ital., from ma= my and donna (Lat. domina )=lady.] The Italian equivalent for madam. "Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend."-Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , i. 5. It is applied specifically to the Virgin Mary, as the English "Our Lady;" hence, pictures of the Virgin are called Madonnas. the floor of the sea at all depths, from water level down to 3,000 fathoms. The sub-order is very numerous, both in genera and individuals. The reef-building corals, among others, belong to it. It is divided into three groups: (1) Mad rep oraria aporosa , (2) Mad rep oraria per for at a, and (3) Mad rep oraria rugosa .