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Webster 1913 Edition


Protocercal

Proˊto-cer′cal

,
Adj.
[
Proto-
+ Gr. [GREEK] the tail.]
(Zool.)
Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.

Definition 2024


protocercal

protocercal

English

Adjective

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.