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endotheca

endotheca noun: 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.

Noun

endotheca

  1. 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.

Origin of endotheca

From endo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”).

Questions about endotheca

What does endotheca mean?
Endotheca means 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.
What part of speech is endotheca?
Endotheca is a noun.

Words near endotheca in the dictionary

  1. endotestae
  2. endotestal
  3. endotestas
  4. endotestæ
  5. endothall
  6. endotheca
  7. endothecal
  8. endothecia
  9. endothecial
  10. endothecium
  11. endothelia

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