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Heterocercal

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Adjective

1. heterocercal

possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Heterocercal

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adjective
ichthyology
of or possessing a tail in which the vertebral column turns upwards and extends into the upper, usually larger, lobe, as in sharks
Compare homocercal

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Heterocercal

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adjective
designating, of, or having a tail fin in which the upper lobe is larger than the lower and contains the upturned end of the spinal column, as in certain fishes, esp. sharks

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Heterocercal

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adj.
Relating to, having, or being a tail fin in which the upper lobe is larger than the lower and the vertebral column extends into the upper lobe, as in sharks.

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