Athecae

plural noun

Athe·​cae

əˈthē(ˌ)sē

: a division usually made a suborder of Testudinata comprising turtles with the carapace separate from the internal skeleton and usually with greatly reduced ossification and represented among recent forms by the marine leatherback

athecan

-ēkən

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from feminine plural of (assumed) New Latin athecus having no cover, from New Latin a- entry 2 + (assumed) New Latin -thecus (from Latin theca cover, sheath)

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