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Webster 1913 Edition
Thecophora
‖
The-coph′o-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a case +
φέρειν
to bear.] (Zool.)
A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also
Thecata
. See Illust. under Hydroidea
.