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dextral

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkstr(ə)l/

Definition of dextral

adjective

of or on the right side or the right hand (the opposite of sinistral).
right-handed.
Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the right.
Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction.