Protocercal
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Pro`to`cer´cal
| a. | 1. | (Zool.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.