sinistral

sinistral Definition

sin·is·tral (sin′is trəl)

adjective

on the left-hand side; left
left-handed
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

sinistral Related Forms

sin′·is·tral′·ity (-tral′ə tē) noun sin′·is·trally adverb

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