Associations to the word «Sinistral»
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Wiktionary
SINISTRAL, adjective. Of, facing, or on the left side.
SINISTRAL, adjective. Left-handed.
SINISTRAL, adjective. (zoology) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
SINISTRAL, adjective. (geology) left lateral fault movement.
SINISTRAL FAULT, noun. (geology) Term for a strike-slip fault that shows left lateral movement.
Dictionary definition
SINISTRAL, adjective. Of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost".
SINISTRAL, adjective. Preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye".
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