homocercal

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homocercal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homocercal \Ho`mo*cer"cal\, a. [Homo- + Gr. ? tail.] (Zool.)
     Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral
     column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
     [1913 Webster]

homocercal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  homocercal
      adj 1: possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end
             of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes) [ant:
             heterocercal]