endotheca

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ theca

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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for endotheca in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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