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Plankton vs Hypothecal - What's the difference?

plankton | hypothecal |

As a noun plankton

is plankton.

As an adjective hypothecal is

(microbiology|planktology) of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.

plankton

English

(wikipedia plankton)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, aeroplankton , bacterioplankton , epiplankton , femtoplankton , holoplankton , macroplankton , megaplankton , meroplankton , mesoplankton , microplankton , nanoplankton , phytoplankton , picoplankton , planktonic , pseudoplankton , zooplankton}}

    Related terms

    {{rel3, plankter , planktic , planktology , planktotrophic}}

    hypothecal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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 citation
    • , passage=Two of the four hypothecal plates are very much enlarged.}}

    Antonyms

    * epithecal

    See also

    * (resembles)