heterocercal

Meaning of heterocercal

adjective

Of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe; as in sharks, rays, and skates.

Information about heterocercal

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of heterocercal

het-e-ro-cer-cal

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
  • heterocercal is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

heterocercal antonyms

Meaning :

homocercal

Words that rhyme with heterocercal

coenosarcal, perisarcal, Ercal, Kindercal, Lupercal, anisocercal, cephalocercal, cercal, dephycercal, diphycercal, gephyrocercal, homocercal, isocercal, leptocercal, lophocercal, lupercal, mercal, novercal, protocercal, semiheterocercal, unnovercal, quircal, antefurcal, bifurcal, furcal, mesofurcal, postfurcal, trifurcal

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