Meaning | Of or on the left. |
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Examples | - "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"
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Narrower | sinister | On or starting from the wearer's left |
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sinistrorse, sinistrorsal | spiraling upward from right to left |
See also | counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise | In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
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left-handed | Using or intended for the left hand |
Opposite | dextral | Of or on the right |
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Spanish | zurdo |
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