Crossword clues for dorsal
dorsal
- Kind of fin
- On the back, as a fin
- At the back
- ___ fin (shark part)
- Near the back
- Kind of column or fin
- Posterior
- Of the back
- On the back foot, finally abandoning sailor after baton’s whirled
- A lord’s leaping around at the back
- To do with a fin on a fish
- On the back, anatomically
- Main fin
- Like the familiar shark fin
- Back fin
- Shark's fin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neural \Neu"ral\, a. [Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal.
Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.
Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), a. [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See Post-.]
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Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
Hesiod was posterior to Homer.
--Broome. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
(Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.
(Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.
--Gray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French dorsal (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin dorsalis, corresponding to Latin dorsualis "of the back," from dorsum "back," which is of uncertain origin.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context anatomy English) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. 2 (context of a knife English) Having only one sharp side. 3 (context anatomy English) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. 4 (context linguistics of a sound English) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue. 5 (context botany English) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. 6 (context botany English) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. n. 1 (context art English) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc. 2 In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
WordNet
adj. belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals" [ant: ventral]
facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" [syn: abaxial] [ant: adaxial]
Wikipedia
Dorsal (from Latin dorsum ‘back’) may refer to:
- Dorsum (anatomy), the back of an animal or human being
- Dorsal (aircraft). positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage
- Dorsal consonant, a consonant articulated with the back of the tongue
- Dorsal fin, the fin located on the back of a fish or aircraft
de:Dorsale fr:Dorsale
Usage examples of "dorsal".
But it is conceivable that the now utterly lost branchiae might have been gradually worked in by natural selection for some quite distinct purpose: in the same manner as, on the view entertained by some naturalists that the branchiae and dorsal scales of Annelids are homologous with the wings and wing-covers of insects, it is probable that organs which at a very ancient period served for respiration have been actually converted into organs of flight.
The openings we thought were their vaginas are almost dorsal, with the cloacal openings toward the front.
Behind the neck and immediately above the shoulder rises a gibbosity or hump of the same height as the dorsal ridge.
He also saw that on microscopic section there had been evidence of histologic damage to the nerve cells of the dorsal root ganglia as well as to the cardiac muscle.
He turned away before Merced or anyone else could pose another question, to rejoin the waiting group of high dorsal fins stirring the water.
He had hit the orca just forward of the dorsal fin with both feet, but they had both immediately slid out from under him on the slick skin of the beast and he had impacted on his hip and side, flipping sideways on the right side of the orca, entering the water with a tremendous splash.
He suddenly realized that the orca, by its dorsal fin, size and, hell, demeanor, was no more than a teen, probably a young one.
The back presented a remarkable induration which involved the entire dorsal aspect, including the deltoid regions, the upper arms, the buttocks, and the thighs, down to and involving the popliteal spaces.
Insects of the day spend their brief existence in reiterated coition, lured by the smell of the inferiorly pulchritudinous fumale possessing extendified pudendal nerve in dorsal region.
These are thick-bodied sinuous creatures distinguished by the curious conformation of the mouth and by a lateral row of dots that may represent the metameric spiracles or, as commonly, a demarcation between dorsal and ventral surfaces.
A mongrel of whale-shark distended by biothaumaturgy to be cathedral-sized, varicellate shelled, metal pipework thicker than a man in ganglia protuberant like prolapsed veins, boat-sized fins swinging on oiled hinges, a dorsal row of chimneys smoking whitely.
The scaphoid, in addition to its displacement, is much compressed on the planter surface, being little more than one-half the width of the dorsal surface.
There were common things down there, like little toothless sharks with catlike eyes, and rare things, like anglerfish, which lured their prey with bioluminescent dorsal stalks and ate it with needle teeth that seemed to be made of crystal.
Surely that brown-hooked rakish leathery dorsal could not belong to a broadbill swordfish, one of my old gladiator friends way down here in the Antipodes!
Kofi had retracted the flybridge, battening down for the storm, but it was easy enough to tell the computer to open the main hatch, which was nearly flush with the dorsal surface.