Gonothec

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

  Gonotheca \Gon`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gonothec?}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     offspring + ? box.] (Zool.)
     A capsule developed on certain hydroids ({Thecaphora}),
     inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or
     gonophores are developed; -- called also {gonangium}, and
     {teleophore}. See {Hydroidea}, and Illust. of


     {Campanularian}.
     [1913 Webster]