HyperDic: homocercal

English > 1 sense of the word homocercal:
ADJECTIVEallhomocercalpossessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)
English > homocercal: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningpossessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes).
CategoryichthyologyThe branch of zoology that studies fishes
Oppositeheterocercalpossessing a tail with the upper lobe larger / larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe

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