sinistral
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English [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sinistral (not comparable)
- Of, facing, or on the left side.
- Left-handed.
- (zoology) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
- (geology) left lateral fault movement.
Synonyms [edit]
- (of, facing, or on the left side): sinistrous
Antonyms [edit]
- (of, facing, or on the left side): dextral
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References [edit]
- sinistral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
