sinistral

  • (a) of or on the left
    • a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer
    • a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost
  • (s) preferring to use left foot or hand or eye
    • sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye

Antonyms

dextral

See also

anticlockwise contraclockwise counterclockwise left-handed

Words of close approximity

sinistrality