Dex″tral (?), a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
Dextral shell(Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Dex″tral (?), a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
Dextral shell(Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.