单词 | hydrotheca |
释义 | > as lemmashydrotheca hydrotheca n. Brit. /ˌhʌɪdrə(ʊ)ˈθiːkə/ , U.S. /ˌhaɪdrəˈθikə/ , /ˌhaɪdroʊˈθikə/ [Latin thēca, Greek ϕήκη receptacle] Zoology one of the perisarcal cups or calycles in which the polypites in certain Hydrozoa (as the Sertularidæ) are lodged.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > zooid > cup in which polypites are lodged hydrotheca1872 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 77 Polypites are also protected within ‘hydrothecæ’, or little cup-like expansions derived from the polypary. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 129 A hard, chitinous, cuticular skeleton..which frequently gives rise to hydrothecae, into which the hydranths can be retracted. < as lemmas |
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