English Explanatory Dictionary

exotheca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

Word forms

exotheca exothecae

Etymology

From exo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”).

Derived words

exothecal endotheca
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