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HETEROCERCAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterocercal mean?
• HETEROCERCAL (adjective)
The adjective HETEROCERCAL has 1 sense:
1. possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe
Familiarity information: HETEROCERCAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe
Domain category:
ichthyology (the branch of zoology that studies fishes)
Antonym:
homocercal (possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes))
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