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Heterocercal

Heterocercal Meaning & Definition
Heterocercal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heterocercal?

[adj] (ichthyology) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe

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Heterocercal In Webster's Dictionary

\Het`er*o*cer"cal\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? tail.] (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

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