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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GONOTHECA

Gon `o *the "ca, n.; pl. Gonothec. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora ), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.