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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: theca (0.01717 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to theca.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: theca
theca
n 1: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
[syn:
sac]
2: outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects
[also:
thecae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Theca
Theca
\The"ca\, n.; pl.
Thec[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ? a case to put
anything in. See
Tick a cover.]
1. A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther;
the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the
spinal cord.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of
certain hydroids.
(b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
(c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
[1913 Webster]
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