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What is the noun for thecate?

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theca
  1. (biology) Any external case or sheath.
  2. (botany) The pollen producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
  3. (medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle
  4. (microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates
  5. (marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp
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    1. “We may then suppose that the ancestral form was a monad with a theca which, in some progeny, assumed the form found in the Apusozoa.”
      “Despite its good preservation, this single specimen did not show all aspects of the theca.”
      “The theca around the column is smooth, sometimes with weak longitudinal muscles.”
thecaphore
  1. (botany) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
  2. (botany) A basigynium.
thecaphores
  1. plural of thecaphore
thecae
thecas
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