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Word: Heterocercal
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from hetero- ‘other’ + Greek kerkos ‘tail’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhɛtərəʊˈsəːkəl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a fish's tail) having unequal upper and lower lobes, usually with the vertebral column passing into the upper.
Short Definition:(of fish's tail) having unequal upper and lower lobes, usually with vertebral column passing into upper
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