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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
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Derived Forms
- ˈԾٰ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- i·ٰ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinistral1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinistral1
C15 (in the obsolete sense: adverse, evil); C19 (in current senses): from Medieval Latin Ծٰ. See sinister
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At the beginning of the last decade it was not uncommon for Harte to be praised as a sinistral David Beckham.
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Visceral mass and shell sinistrally coiled; shell thin, with narrow aperture; no inferior pallial lobe.
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Shell helicoidally coiled, dextral or sinistral, the last whorl generally uncoiled.
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This is carried outward in a sinistral spiral to the noded shoulder.
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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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