dextral (dekstral)

[ Any tunicles or skins which should hinder the liver from enabling the dextral parts. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 5. 2. In conch., dextrorse: applied to univalve shells whose aperture is on the right side when the shell is held in front of the observer with the apex upward and the aperture downward toward him: opposed to sinistral. Most shells are dextral. IMG:content-2537.png:[blocks in formation] about equal numbers. Jour. of Bot ., Brit, and Foreign , 1883, p. 237. dextran, dextrane (deks tran, -tran), n. [