sinistral
/sin-uh-struhl/US // ˈsɪn ə strəl //UK // (ˈsɪnɪstrəl) //
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adj.形容词 adjective
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- : of, relating to, or on the left side; left.
- : left-handed.
- : coiling counterclockwise, as seen from the apex.
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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.
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