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sinistral definition

sin·is·tral (sin′is trəl)

adjective

  1. on the left-hand side; left
  2. left-handed
  3. having whorls that rise to the apex in clockwise spirals from the opening at the lower left: said of the shells of some gastropods

Etymology: OFr < L sinistra, left hand: see sinister

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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