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
adjective or noun
-ēkən
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