单词 | protheca |
释义 | protheca/prəʊˈθiːkə/Zoology and Palaeontology noun An enclosing structure or sheath, or a part of one, which is primary in nature or basal in position; especially (a) (in a coral polyp) the theca in its initial or rudimentary form (rare ); (b) (in a foraminiferan of the superfamily Fusulinacea) an unmodified primary wall; (c) (in a graptolite of the order Graptoloidea) the basal part of a theca, attached to the sicula. OriginEarly 20th century; earliest use found in Science. From pro- + theca. |
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