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laeotropic definition

laeo·tropic (lē′ō träp′ik)

adjective

spiraling to the left if viewed from the side: said as of the sinistral whorls in some gastropod shells

Etymology: < Gr laios, left (see levo-) + -tropic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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