Endothecal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Endotheca \En`do*the"ca\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`ndon within +
     qh`kh a case, box, fr. ? to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
     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. -- {En`do*the"cal}, a.


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