n.
Symmetrical arrangement, as of an organism or a body part, along a central axis, so that the body is divided into equivalent right and left halves by only one plane.
bilateral symmetry
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n.
Symmetrical arrangement, as of an organism or a body part, along a central axis, so that the body is divided into equivalent right and left halves by only one plane.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
Synonyms: bilaterality, bilateralism
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- Bilateria (zoology)
- Pleuronectiformes (vertebrate zoology)
- amphineura
- Elasipodida (invertebrate zoology)
- asymmetry
- elasipoda
- zygomorphic
- Trematoda (invertebrate zoology)
- Irregularia (invertebrate zoology)
- bilateral
- acoelomate
- Disasteroida (echinodermata)
- biological symmetry (in biology)
- symmetry and asymmetry
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