Thesaurus / sinistral
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A genus of minute land shells, resembling Vertigo, but separated because they are dextral, while Vertigo is sinistral.
A CONCHOLOGICAL MANUALGEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBYDextral animals, with shell coiled pseudo-sinistrally; operculum with sinistral spiral; pallial cavity dorsal.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 5VARIOUSShell bulimoid, dextral or sinistral; radular teeth, expanded at their extremities and multicuspidate.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 5VARIOUSVisceral mass and shell sinistral; inferior pallial lobe very prominent, and transformed into a branchia.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 5VARIOUSIf we were very fortunate, we might find a sinistral, or “left-handed” specimen.
OUR BRITISH SNAILSJOHN WILLIAM HORSLEYSinistral: Having the aperture of the shell at the left; opposite of dextral.
THE SEA-BEACH AT EBB-TIDEAUGUSTA FOOTE ARNOLDThe Mokis also are careful to stir medicines according to the sinistral circuit.
CURRENT SUPERSTITIONSVARIOUSGasteropod shells may be sinistral or dextral, according as the whorls turn to the left or right.
THE SEA-BEACH AT EBB-TIDEAUGUSTA FOOTE ARNOLDThe sinistral circuit is one in which the center is on the left hand, while the dextral circuit has its center to the right.
THE WINTER SOLSTICE ALTARS AT HANO PUEBLOJ. WALTER FEWKESThis is carried outward in a sinistral spiral to the noded shoulder.
ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYWILLIAM H. HOLMESWORDS RELATED TO SINISTRAL
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