Definition:
- (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
- (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
- (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
- (a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Compare dorsal with other words:
dorsal vs. torsal
dorsal vs. dorsel
dorsad vs. dorsal
diaheliotropism vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. notopodium
dorsal vs. supersacral
diapophysis vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. quillback
dorsal vs. pessulus
dorsal vs. predorsal
culmen vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. saury
dorsal vs. tergite
back vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. rostral
dorsal vs. volar
dorsal vs. palmar
dorsal vs. dosser
dorsal vs. dorsally
dorsal vs. tergum
dorsal vs. tergal
brachiopod vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. nates
dorsal vs. sagittal
altar vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. throne
dorsal vs. hanging
dorsal vs. indorse
dorsal vs. endorse
dorsal vs. laryngeal
coronal vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. dorsum
backbone vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. labial
carapace vs. dorsal
dorsal vs. radical
dorsal vs. posterior
dorsal vs. ventral
above vs. dorsal
abaxial vs. dorsal