hydrotheca

hydrotheca
hydrothecal, adj.
/huy'dreuh thee"keuh/, n., pl. hydrothecae /-kee/. Zool.
the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
[1870-75; < NL; see HYDRO-1, THECA]

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