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laeotropic

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lae⋅o⋅trop⋅ic

  [lee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik]
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–adjective
oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
Compare dexiotropic.

Origin:
1880–85; < Gk lai(ós) left, left side + -o- + -tropic
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