bilateral symmetry: Meaning and Definition of

bilat'eral sym'metry

Pronunciation: [key]
— Biol. Biol.
  1. a basic body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other along the midline. Cf. radial symmetry.
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