heterocercal

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

het=er=o=cer=cal

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective heterocercal has 1 sense

heterocercal(a = adj.all) Array - possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe; Array

Antonym:

homocercal

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CIDE DICTIONARY

heterocercal, a. [Hetero- + Gr. tail.].

Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks. [1913 Webster]

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