homocercal

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ cercal.

Adjective

homocercal (not comparable)

1. (ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.

Coordinate terms

• diphycercal
• heterocercal
• protocercal

Translations

of a fish tail

• Finnish: homoserkkinen
• Italian: omocerco