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A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecæ.

Having the spores in thecæ, or cases.

Same as Thecophora.

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

A library.

Belonging to a library. Byrom.

A librarian. [Obs.] Evelin.

The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.

The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments.

The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal, a.

A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

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.

A receptacle for sacred objects.