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left atrioventricular valve
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left-field

left-field


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. very unusual: considered very different from mainstream attitudes or ideas and therefore not generally taken seriously ( informal )

2. not typical of genre: going beyond the bounds of a genre, especially in modern popular music

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