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CIDE DICTIONARY

thecophora, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a case + fe`rein to bear.].

A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea. [1913 Webster]

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