sinistral

adjective

Meaning

Of, facing, or on the left side.
Left-handed.
(of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
Having left lateral fault movement.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

sinistrorse(English)sinistrorsal(English)left-handed(English)sinister(English)left(English)coiling(English)wefts(English)sinistrolateral(English)dextral(English)whelk(English)protoconch(English)chirality(English)

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Sources

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