Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Thecophora \The*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a case + ?
   to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A division of hydroids comprising those which have the
   hydranths in thec[ae] and the gonophores in capsules. The
   campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also
   {Thecata}. See Illust. under {Hydroidea}.