| sinistral |
of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost" preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"
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| sinistrality |
left-handedness: preference for using the left hand
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| sinistral |
Shell coiled in a left-hand spiral, ie counter-clockwise when viewed from the apex. Left-handed (as opposed to right-handed) in the gastropod shell having the aperture on the left side of the shell facing the observer when the apex is held upward. See also Dextral.
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| sinistral |
twisting to the left. Anti-clockwise.
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