Homocercal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homocercal \Ho`mo*cer"cal\, a. [Homo- + Gr. ? tail.] (Zool.)
     Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral
     column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  homocercal
       adj : possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of
             the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes) [ant: {heterocercal}]