heterocercy
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Noun
heterocercy (uncountable)
- (anatomy) unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for heterocercy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)