HyperDic: heterocercal

English > 1 sense of the word *heterocercal*:
ADJECTIVE	all	heterocercal	possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger / larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe

heterocercal > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh.terowser'kahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *heterocercal*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger / larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe.
Category	ichthyology	The branch of zoology that studies fishes
Opposite	homocercal	possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)