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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: cercal, -cercal-
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
heterocercal

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Cephalocercal

a. [ Cephalo- + Gr. ke`rkos tail. ] (Zool.) Relating to the long axis of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cercal

a. [ Gr. ke`rkos tail. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diphycercal

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 Webster ]

Heterocercal

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; 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 ]

Homocercal

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; tail. ] (Zool.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leptocercous

/mhw> a. (Zool.) Having a long slender tail. [ PJC ]

Variants: Leptocercal
Protocercal

a. [ Proto- + Gr. &unr_; the tail. ] (Zool.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
heterocercal(adj) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe, Ant. homocercal
heterocercal fin(n) a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks, Ant. homocercal fin
homocercal(adj) possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes), Ant. heterocercal
homocercal fin(n) symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes, Ant. heterocercal fin

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