Thesaurus: homocercal
Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
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Definitions
- a. Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
- adj. possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)
- Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
- Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebralcolumn terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
- a possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)