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Exotheca

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endothecanoun(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.
thecanoun(biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
exotheciumnoun(botany) The outer layer of the anther.
septocostanounAn external costa on the calyx of a coral at the end of a radial septum
coenenchymenoun(biology) The tissue that surrounds and links the polyps in octocorals.
zootheciumnoun(zoology) The outer layer of certain protozoans.
exocoelomnoun(zoology) An extraembryonic coelom
septumnoun(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
ectooeciumnounThe outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.
mesothecanounA membranous structure that encloses the developing eggs within the oviduct of a female arthropod.
coenosteumnoun(zoology) The calcareous skeletal ectodermal tissue of a coenosarc
loculusnounA little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
coenenchymnounAlternative form of coenenchyme. [(biology) The tissue that surrounds and links the polyps in octocorals.]
corallumnoun(obsolete, zoology) The skeleton of a coral. It can be calcareous or horny, simple or compound.
periostracumnoun(malacology) The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
exotestanoun(botany) The outer layer of the testa, derived from the outer integument of the ovule.
odontothecanoun(dentistry) The capsule or follicle of a tooth
octocoralnoun(marine biology) An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.
exostomenoun(botany) The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
epithecanoun(microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.

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