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dextral
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective dextral has 2 senses
- dextral(a = adj.all) Array - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost" Antonym: sinistral
- dextral(s = adj.all) Array - preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye" Derived form noun dextrality1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dextral, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a person) right-handed.
2 of or on the right.
3 Zool. (of a spiral shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction.
4 Zool. (of a flat-fish) with the right side uppermost.
--n. a right-handed person.
--adj.
1 (of a person) right-handed.
2 of or on the right.
3 Zool. (of a spiral shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction.
4 Zool. (of a flat-fish) with the right side uppermost.
--n. a right-handed person.
Derivative
dextrality n. dextrally adv.
Etymology
med.L dextralis f. L dextra right hand
THESAURUS
dextral
clockwise, conservative, dexter, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, off, reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, starboardROGET THESAURUS
dextral
Dextrality
N dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.
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