LAEOTROPIC


Meaning of LAEOTROPIC in English

/lee'euh trop"ik, -troh"pik/ , adj.

oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell. Cf. dexiotropic .

[ 1880-85; lai ( ós ) left, left side + -O- + -TROPIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .