"exotheca" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: exothecae [plural]
Etymology: From exo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|exo|theca|t2=the calcareous wall of a corallite}} exo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”) Head templates: {{en-noun|exothecae}} exotheca (plural exothecae)
  1. (zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa. Derived forms: exothecal, endotheca

Inflected forms

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