HYPERSTROPHIC


Meaning of HYPERSTROPHIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sträfik also -rōf- adjective

Etymology: hyper- + Greek strophos twisted band, cord + English -ic — more at strophe

: characterized by a coiling of the shell to the left combined with an asymmetric arrangement of the organs like that of an individual of the same or related species with a shell coiled to the right

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.