"protocercal" meaning in English

See protocercal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From proto- + cercal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|proto|cercal}} proto- + cercal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} protocercal (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology
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