hypothecal
adjEtymology From hypotheca + -al.
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Biology, Botany, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Planktology Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
- Two of the four hypothecal plates are very much enlarged.1978, Harold Charles Bold, Michael James Wynne, Introduction to the Algae: Structure and Reproduction, →ISBN, page 441:
- Antonyms
- epithecal
- Related terms
- Not to be confused with hypothetical, hypothecary