protocercal
Zoology
adjective
(In fishes) of, relating to, or designating a tail of a primitive (or larval) type, in which the end of the vertebral column is straight and the caudal fin is symmetrical and often continuous with the dorsal and anal fins.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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