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Onotheca

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Onotheca'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/onotheca.html. 1828.