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thecate

American

[thee-kit, -keyt] / ˈθi kɪt, -keɪt /

adjective

having or being contained in a theca.

Etymology

Origin of thecate

First recorded in 1890–95; thec(a) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Attached forms; thecate and athecate tentacles simple, one or two in number Urnulidæ c.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

Naked or thecate; stalked or not; tentacles numerous, usually knobbed and all alike Acinetidæ f.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

Differs from Oicomonadidae in a unilateral proboscidiform process next the flagellum; often thecate and stalked, forming branched colonies, like Choanoflagellates in habit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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