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heterocercal

het·er·o·cer·cal [ hèttərō súrk'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
like a shark's tail: describes a fish's tail in which the vertebral column bends upward and extends into the upper and larger lobe of the tail fin, as in some sharks

[Mid-19th century. <hetero- + Greek kerkos "tail"]
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