homocercal

ho·mo·cer·cal Audio Help (hō'mə-sûr'kəl, hŏm'ə-)

adj. Relating to, designating, or characterized by a tail fin having two symmetrical lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column, as in most bony fishes.

[homo- + Greek kerkos, tail + -al¹.]

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