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heterocercal

/,hɛtərə'sɜrkəl/

Synonyms of heterocercal Antonyms of heterocercal Examples of heterocercal Usage of heterocercal Parts of heterocercal Definition that contains heterocercal Words sounding like heterocercal Explanation of heterocercal

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

Definition that contains heterocercal

shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
anaspid extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian