Bilaterally symmetrical

Bilaterally symmetrical

The chordate characteristic of the left and right sides of the body being mirror images of each other. If there are two functionally similar body parts, they are usually found roughly equidistant from the centre line, parallel to each other on bilaterally symmetrical animals.

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