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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Exotheca

· Ex·o·the·ca · IPA
01 n. The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
  1. 1.
    The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.(Zoöl.)