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- English Word Dorsal Definition A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
- English Word Dorsale Definition Same as Dorsal, n.
- English Word Dorsally Definition On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
- English Word Dorse Definition Same as dorsal, n.
- English Word Dorse Definition The back of a book.
- English Word Dorse Definition The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.
- English Word Dorsel Definition A pannier.
- English Word Dorsel Definition Same as Dorsal, n.
- English Word Dorser Definition See Dosser.
- English Word dorsibranchiata Definition A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.]
- English Word Dorsibranchiate Definition Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.
- English Word Dorsibranchiate Definition One of the Dorsibranchiata.
- English Word Dorsiferous Definition Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.
- English Word Dorsimeson Definition (Anat.) See Meson.
- English Word Dorsiparous Definition Same as Dorsiferous.
- English Word Dorsiventral Definition Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
- English Word Dorsiventral Definition See Dorsoventral.
- English Word Dorsoventral Definition From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.
- English Word Dorsum Definition The ridge of a hill.
- English Word Dorsum Definition The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.