| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | the·ca |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  th  k |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. the·cae (-s , -k)
A case, covering, or sheath, such as the pollen sac of an anther, the spore case of a moss, or the outer covering of the pupa of certain insects. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin thca, case, receptacle, from Greek thk. See dh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | thecal (-kl) —ADJECTIVE
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