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sinistral
[sin-uh-struhl]
adjective
of, relating to, or on the left side; left (dextral ).
(of certain gastropod shells) coiling counterclockwise, as seen from the apex.
sinistral
/ ˈɪɪٰə /
adjective
of, relating to, or located on the left side, esp the left side of the body
a technical term for left-handed
(of the shells of certain gastropod molluscs) coiling in a clockwise direction from the apex
Other 51Թ Forms
- sinistrally adverb
- ˈԾٰ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinistral1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinistral1
Example Sentences
At the beginning of the last decade it was not uncommon for Harte to be praised as a sinistral David Beckham.
Visceral mass and shell sinistrally coiled; shell thin, with narrow aperture; no inferior pallial lobe.
Shell helicoidally coiled, dextral or sinistral, the last whorl generally uncoiled.
This is carried outward in a sinistral spiral to the noded shoulder.
There are, for instance, nearly half a score of subgenera of Helix whose headquarters are Chinese, while among these, forms with sinistral shells are relatively common.
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