[1890–95; thec(a) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, cholesterol, masochism, takedown, wireless-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'thecate' in a sentence
thecate
Probe-positive cells were all small thecate dinoflagellates, with lengths ranging from 7 to 18 μm.
A. Skovgaard, L. Guillou, A. Nowaczyk, S. Gasparini, C. Cornet, C. Alves-de-Souza 2011, 'Blastodinium spp. infect copepods in the ultra-oligotrophic marine waters ofthe Mediterranean Sea', Biogeoscienceshttp://www.biogeosciences.net/8/2125/2011/bg-8-2125-2011.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rotifer contained a sporangium with 100–200 thecate dinospores that develop synchronically through palintomic sporogenesis.
Fernando Gómez, Alf Skovgaard 2015, 'A Parasite of Marine Rotifers: A New Lineage of Dinokaryotic Dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae)',Journal of Marine Biologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/614609. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The collection site, depth, type of substrate, description and pictures are recorded for the fifteenth thecate hydrozoan species.
Susel Castellanos Iglesias, Carlos Varela, Manuel Ortiz Toucet, María Victoria Orozco 2011, 'LOS HIDROZOOS (CNIDARIA, HYDROZOA) DE LA CAYERÍA SUR DEL GOLFO DE BATABANÓ, CUBA',Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costerashttp://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/revmar/article/view/3280. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)