hypothecal

English

Etymology

From hypotheca +‎ -al.

Adjective

hypothecal (not comparable)

1. (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.

Antonyms

• epithecal

See also

• Not to be confused with hypothetical or hypothecary.