(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:08:27

Het`er*o*cer"cal (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. tail.] Anat.

Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

 

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