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Definition: EPITHECA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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)

Definition: EPITHECA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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)