Meaning

1 senses
  1. One of the calyculi that protect the hydranths in certain hydrozoans.

    ovate hydrothecae

    saucer-shaped hydrothecae

Origin

From hydro- + theca.

From hydro- + theca.

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Forms

plural: hydrothecas / hydrothecae
Singularhydrotheca
Pluralhydrothecas / hydrothecae

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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