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hydrotheca

hydrotheca noun: one of the calyculi that protect the hydranths in certain hydrozoans.

hydrotheca: one of the calyculi that protect the hydranths in certain hydrozoans
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Noun

hydrotheca (plural hydrothecas or hydrothecae or hydrothecæ)

  1. One of the calyculi that protect the hydranths in certain hydrozoans.
    • ovate hydrothecae
    • saucer-shaped hydrothecae

hydrotheca meaning in Tamil

hydrotheca in Tamil

ஹைட்ரோத்தீக்கா

Forms of hydrotheca

pluralhydrothecas
pluralhydrothecae
pluralhydrothecæ

Origin of hydrotheca

From hydro- + theca.

Words formed from hydrotheca

Questions about hydrotheca

What does hydrotheca mean?
Hydrotheca means one of the calyculi that protect the hydranths in certain hydrozoans.
What is hydrotheca in Tamil?
Hydrotheca in Tamil is ஹைட்ரோத்தீக்கா. See Hydrotheca meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrotheca?
Hydrotheca is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrotheca?
The plural of hydrotheca is hydrothecas.

Words near hydrotheca in the dictionary

  1. hydrotechnologists
  2. hydrotechnology
  3. hydrotellurate
  4. hydrotellurates
  5. hydrotelluric
  6. hydrotheca
  7. hydrothecae
  8. hydrothecal
  9. hydrothecas
  10. hydrotherapeutic
  11. hydrotherapeutics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrotheca (page history and authors); hydrotheca (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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