Definition of theca

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Theca (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.

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Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..
Hydrothecas :: Hydrothecas (pl. ) of Hydrothec.
Exotheca :: Exotheca (n.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa..
Thecophora :: Thecophora (n. pl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..
Dertrotheca :: Dertrotheca (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.
Hypothecating :: Hypothecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hypothecat.
Tetrathecal :: Tetrathecal (a.) Having four loculaments, or thecae..
Theca :: Theca (n.) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..
Epitheca :: Epitheca (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals..
Thecata :: Thecata (n. pl.) Same as Thecophora.
Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
Hydrothecae :: Hydrothecae (pl. ) of Hydrothec.
Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..
Bibliothecal :: Bibliothecal (a.) Belonging to a library.
Podotheca :: Podotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
Phylactocarp :: Phylactocarp (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.
Glyptotheca :: Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
Thecae :: Thecae (pl. ) of Thec.
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