Definition of heterocercal Heterocercal
/hɛˌtɚowsɚˈkʌl/ - [heterowserkul] - het•er•o•cer•cal
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What does heterocercal mean?
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| heterocercal - possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe | ||
| ichthyology the branch of zoology that studies fishes | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- heterocercal (a.)
Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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heterocercal
het-er-o-sėr′kal, adj. having the upper fork of the tail different from or longer than the lower, as the shark:—opposed to Homocercal.—n. Het′erocercy. [Gr. heteros, different from, kerkos, the tail.]
