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Webster 1913 Edition


Athecata

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Athˊe-ca′ta

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] chest, box.]
(Zool.)
A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See
Tubularian
.