endotheca Meaning, Definition & Usage

En`do*the"ca noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. within + a case, box, fr. to place.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal a.

Webster 1913