sinistral

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At the beginning of the last decade it was not uncommon for Harte to be praised as a sinistral David Beckham.

From The Guardian

The same, mutatis mutandis, may occur in sinistral shells.

From Project Gutenberg

Shell helicoidally coiled, dextral or sinistral, the last whorl generally uncoiled.

From Project Gutenberg

This is carried outward in a sinistral spiral to the noded shoulder.

From Project Gutenberg

There are, for instance, nearly half a score of subgenera of Helix whose headquarters are Chinese, while among these, forms with sinistral shells are relatively common.

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