Epithecal vs Hypothecal - What's the difference?
epithecal | hypothecal | Antonyms |
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
* 1919 , G.M. Ehlers, New Species of Tetracoralla'' in ''The American journal of science , Vol. XLVIII:
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
* {{quote-book, 1978, Harold Charles Bold & Michael James Wynne, Introduction to the Algae: Structure and Reproduction, page=441
, passage=Two of the four hypothecal plates are very much enlarged.}}
Epithecal is an antonym of hypothecal.
In microbiology|planktology|lang=en terms the difference between epithecal and hypothecal
is that epithecal is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton while hypothecal is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.As adjectives the difference between epithecal and hypothecal
is that epithecal is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton while hypothecal is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.epithecal
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Adjective
(-)- The epithecal covering of the outer is annulated by low ridges and shallow grooves...Fine, close-set, concentric lines, probably representing lines of growth, are obscurely shown on a few of the better preserved portions of the epithecal surface.
See also
*hypothecal
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Adjective
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