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sinistrorsal

sinistrorsal adjective: rising spirally from right to left (of the observer).

Adjective

sinistrorsal (not comparable)

  1. Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
    • sinistrorsal gyrations of a storm
    • sinistrorsal shells
  2. sinistrorse.

Origin of sinistrorsal

From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).

Questions about sinistrorsal

What does sinistrorsal mean?
Sinistrorsal means rising spirally from right to left (of the observer).
What part of speech is sinistrorsal?
Sinistrorsal is an adjective.

Words near sinistrorsal in the dictionary

  1. sinistrolateral
  2. sinistromanual
  3. sinistromanuals
  4. sinistroposterior
  5. sinistrorotatory
  6. sinistrorsal
  7. sinistrorsally
  8. sinistrorse
  9. sinistrorsely
  10. sinistrous
  11. sinistrously

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