Thecate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a theca; encased or sheathed.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a theca, or outer sheath
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a theca; contained in a theca; sheathed.
    • Word Usage
    "By analyzing DNA sequences contained in the plastid of the thecate amoeba Paulinella, researchers have shown that it is a recent endosymbiont whose genome features are virtually unchanged from those of its cyanobacterial progenitor."
    Antonym
    athecate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thecated   
     
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