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sinistral

/sin-uh-struhl/US // ˈsɪn ə strəl //UK // (ˈsɪnɪstrəl) //

正方形,正义的,正义,正方形的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or on the left side; left.
    • : left-handed.
    • : coiling counterclockwise, as seen from the apex.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A genus of minute land shells, resembling Vertigo, but separated because they are dextral, while Vertigo is sinistral.

  • Dextral animals, with shell coiled pseudo-sinistrally; operculum with sinistral spiral; pallial cavity dorsal.

  • Shell bulimoid, dextral or sinistral; radular teeth, expanded at their extremities and multicuspidate.

  • Visceral mass and shell sinistral; inferior pallial lobe very prominent, and transformed into a branchia.

  • If we were very fortunate, we might find a sinistral, or “left-handed” specimen.