亚洲网紅露点

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sinistral

[ sin-uh-struhl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or on the left side; left ( dextral ).
  2. (of certain gastropod shells) coiling counterclockwise, as seen from the apex.


sinistral

/ 藞蝉瑟苍瑟蝉迟谤蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or located on the left side, esp the left side of the body
  2. a technical term for left-handed
  3. (of the shells of certain gastropod molluscs) coiling in a clockwise direction from the apex
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉颈苍颈蝉迟谤补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉颈苍顎僫蝉路迟谤补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sinistral1

First recorded in 1425鈥75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word 蝉颈苍颈蝉迟谤腻濒颈蝉. See sinister, -al 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sinistral1

C15 (in the obsolete sense: adverse, evil); C19 (in current senses): from Medieval Latin 蝉颈苍颈蝉迟谤腻濒颈蝉. See sinister
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Example Sentences

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At the beginning of the last decade it was not uncommon for Harte to be praised as a sinistral David Beckham.

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Visceral mass and shell sinistral; inferior pallial lobe very prominent, and transformed into a branchia.

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Shell helicoidally coiled, dextral or sinistral, the last whorl generally uncoiled.

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This is carried outward in a sinistral spiral to the noded shoulder.

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There are, for instance, nearly half a score of subgenera of Helix whose headquarters are Chinese, while among these, forms with sinistral shells are relatively common.

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