Home / Dictionary / Dextral

Dextral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Dextral has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or on the right

"a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"

"a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"

2

preferring to use right foot or hand or eye

"dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"

3

Of or pertaining to the right side

Example Sentences
"a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer" adjective
"a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost" adjective
"dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
sinistral
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
Compare
Dextral vs