het|er|o|cer|cal

het|er|o|cer|cal
het|er|o|cer|cal «HEHT uhr uh SUR kuhl», adjective.
1. having a tail in which the upper lobe is larger than the lower, and which contains the end of the spinal column: »

a heterocercal fish.

2. of or having to do with this form of tail.
[< hetero- + Greek kérkos tail + English -al1]

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  • het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… …   English syllables

  • heterocercal — het•er•o•cer•cal [[t]ˌhɛt ər əˈsɜr kəl[/t]] adj. ich designating or having a tail fin in which the upper lobe is larger than the lower lobe, as in sharks • Etymology: 1830–40; hetero + Gk kérk(os) tail + al I …   From formal English to slang

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heterocercal — het·ero·cer·cal …   English syllables

  • heterocercality — het·ero·cer·cal·i·ty …   English syllables

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  • ero — ac·cel·ero·graph; cir·cum·ero·sion; ero·di·um; ero·genesis; ero·si·bil·i·ty; ero·si·ble; ero·sion; ero·sion·al; ero·sion·ist; ero·sive; ero·sive·ness; ero·to·genesis; ero·to·gen·ic; ero·to·ge·nic·i·ty; ero·to·ma·nia; ero·to·path;… …   English syllables

  • cho — ace·tyl·cho·line; ace·tyl·cho·lin·esterase; am·ni·o·cho·ri·on; an·cho·ress; an·cho·rit·ess; an·cho·rit·ic; an·cho·rit·ism; an·cho·veta; an·cho·vy; an·gi·o·cho·li·tis; an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase; ar·cho·plasm; ar·cho·sau·ria; au·tar·cho·glos·sa;… …   English syllables

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

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