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(microbiology, 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.
Use hypothecal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hypothecal means (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include epithecal.
Two of the four hypothecal plates are very much enlarged.
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