— homocercy /hoh"meuh serr'see, hom"euh-/ , homocercality /hoh'meuh seuhr kal"i tee, hom'euh-/ , n.
/hoh'meuh serr"keuhl, hom'euh-/ , adj. Ichthyol.
having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes. Cf. diphycercal, heterocercal .
[ 1830-40; HOMO- + cerc- ( kérkos tail) + -AL 1 ]