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Endotheca


Enˊdo-the′ca

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ἔνδον
within +
θήκη
a case, box, fr. [GREEK] to place.]
(Zoöl.)
The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.
Enˊdo-the′cal
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Adj.

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endotheca

endotheca

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Noun

endotheca

  1. (zoology) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique transverse septa, one above another.

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