diph|y|cer|cal

diph|y|cer|cal
diph|y|cer|cal «DIHF uh SUR kuhl, DIHF ih-», adjective.
1. (of fishes) having a tail in which the upper and lower lobes are symmetrical and are equally divided by the end of the spine.
2. of or having to do with this kind of tail: »

The tail is usually altered from the heterocercal type…to the homocercal and diphycercal forms (Tracy I. Storer).

[< Greek diphu double + kérkos tail + English -al1]

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  • Diphycercal — Diph y*cer cal, a. [Gr. difyh s double (di = di s twice + fy ein to produce) + ke rkos tail.] (Anat.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See {Protocercal}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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