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sinistral

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sinistral /sin·is·tral/ (-tral)
1. pertaining to the left side.
2. a left-handed person.
sin·is·tral (sn-strl, s-nstrl)
adj.
1. Of, facing, or located on the left side; left.
2. Left-handed.
sinistral
[sinis′trəl]
Etymology: L, sinister, left
relating to the left side.
sinistral [sin´is-tral]
pertaining to the left side.
sinistral
pertaining to the left side.
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Prominent among these outlaw bibliogenes--the sinistral current of the accidental, the individual, meandering alongside orthodoxy's channelled dextral flow--would be Hans Hvass's Mammals of the World.
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