endotheca

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noun

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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyThe 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.

Origin

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

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endotheca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endotheca

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endotheca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endotheca.

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