sinistral in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I.sinistral [Brit ˈsɪnɪstr(ə)l, Am ˈsɪnəstrəl] ADJ

II.sinistral [Brit ˈsɪnɪstr(ə)l, Am ˈsɪnəstrəl] N

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In more technical contexts, sinistral may be used in place of left-handed and sinistrality in place of left-handedness.
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The most common was the lightning whelk, which has a left-handed or sinistral spiral.
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As is true of all physids, the shell is sinistral, or left-handed.
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They may have believed the sinistral nature of the lightning whelk shell made it a sacred object.
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Currently the island is undergoing a counter-clockwise rotation (17 5 in the last 800,000 years) associated with the south Aegean sinistral strike-slip fault system.
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They are sinistral flatfishes, meaning that as adults, their crania are asymmetrical, with both eyes on the left side.
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