Protocercal
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Protocercal is an adjective meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gephyrocercal, homocercal, hypocercal, heterocercal, preural, protacanthopterygian.
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