"homocercal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: homo- + cercal Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|homo|cercal}} homo- + cercal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} homocercal (not comparable)
  1. (ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ichthyology Coordinate_terms: diphycercal, heterocercal, protocercal Translations (of a fish tail): homoserkkinen (Finnish), omocerco (Italian)

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