hypothecal
English
Etymology
hypotheca + -al
Adjective
hypothecal (not comparable)
- (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
- 1978, Harold Charles Bold & Michael James Wynne, Introduction to the Algae: Structure and Reproduction, →ISBN, page 441:
- Two of the four hypothecal plates are very much enlarged.
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Antonyms
- epithecal
See also
- Not to be confused with hypothetical or hypothecary.