Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Endotheca
‖
Enˊdo-the′ca
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ἔνδον
within + θήκη
a case, box, fr. [GREEK] to place.] (Zoöl.)
The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.
– Enˊdo-the′cal
(#)
, Adj.