Hypothecal vs Hypotheca - What's the difference?
hypothecal | hypotheca | Derived terms |
(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.}}
(microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate
Hypothecal is a derived term of hypotheca.
In microbiology|planktology|lang=en terms the difference between hypothecal and hypotheca
is that hypothecal is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton while hypotheca is (microbiology|planktology) the lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.As an adjective hypothecal
is (microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.As a noun hypotheca is
(microbiology|planktology) the lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.hypothecal
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