Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or on the left;
- Example: "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"- Example: "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"2.
preferring to use left foot or hand or eye;
- Example: "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sinistral \Sin"is*tral\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left;
sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising
to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv.
in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a
clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; --
of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of
clockwise, or right-handed
Note: [Narrower terms: sinistral levororotary,
levorotatory]
Syn: left-handed.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sinistral
adj 1: of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the
apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the
observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye
uppermost" [ant: dextral]
2: preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral
individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"