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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. [1913 Webster] Dextral shell (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]