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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sinistral /ˈsɪnɪstr(ə)l/

▶adjective

1 of or on the left side or the left hand. The opposite of dextral.
■ left-handed.

2 Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault is towards the left.

3 Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the left and coiling clockwise.

▶noun a left-handed person.

– derivatives
sinistrality noun,
sinistrally adverb.

'sinistral' also found in these Oxford entries:

dextral - left-handed

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