• Sinistral

    Full definition of sinistral

    Adjective

    sinistral

    1. Of, facing, or on the left side.
    2. Left-handed.
    3. (zoology) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
    4. (geology) left lateral fault movement.

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    • (of, facing, or on the left side) dextral

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