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HOMOCERCAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homocercal mean?
• HOMOCERCAL (adjective)
The adjective HOMOCERCAL has 1 sense:
1. possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)
Familiarity information: HOMOCERCAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)
Domain category:
ichthyology (the branch of zoology that studies fishes)
Antonym:
heterocercal (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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