DEXTRAL


Meaning of DEXTRAL in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 (of a person) right-handed. 2 of or on the right. 3 Zool. (of a spiral shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction. 4 Zool. (of a flat-fish) with the right side uppermost.

n. a right-handed person. dextrality n. dextrally adv.

[ med.L dextralis f. L dextra right hand ]

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