| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Epitheca" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Epitheca \Ep`i*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.[Websters]. | |
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Date "EPITHECA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Epitheca \Ep`i*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (references) |