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sinistral

[ sin-uh-struhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

sinistral

/ ˈsɪnɪstrəl /

of, relating to, or located on the left side, esp the left side of the body
See left-handed
a technical term for left-handed
(of the shells of certain gastropod molluscs) coiling in a clockwise direction from the apex

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word sinistrālis. See sinister, -al ¹

C15 (in the obsolete sense: adverse, evil); C19 (in current senses): from Medieval Latin sinistrālis. See sinister

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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