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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to an epitheca.
- Situated on the outside of the body, as the radial water-vessels of a starfish. Compare
hypothecal .
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- adjective microbiology, planktology Of or pertaining to the
epitheca , the upper half of the shell of certain types ofplankton .
Etymologies
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epitheca + -al
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