'Heterocercal' definitions:

Definition of 'heterocercal'

From: WordNet
adjective
Possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe [ant: homocercal]

Definition of 'Heterocercal'

From: GCIDE
  • Heterocercal \Het`er*o*cer"cal\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? tail.] (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks. [1913 Webster]

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