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What (who) is Dorsal - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Dorsal (disambiguation)
dorsal
Dorsal means relating to the back of a fish or animal. (TECHNICAL)
...a dolphin's dorsal fin.
ADJ: ADJ n
Dorsal
·adj Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
II. Dorsal ·adj Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
III. Dorsal ·adj A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
IV. Dorsal ·adj 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.
dorsal
['d?:s(?)l]
¦ adjective Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany on or relating to the upper side or back. Compare with ventral.
Derivatives
dorsally adverb
Origin
ME: from late L. dorsalis, from L. dorsum 'back'.
Wikipedia
Dorsal
Dorsal (from Latin dorsum ‘back’) may refer to:
- Dorsal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location referring to the back or upper side of an organism or parts of an organism
- Dorsal, positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage
- Dorsal consonant, a consonant articulated with the back of the tongue.
- dorsal denote posterior side or back side (examples : location of vertebral column )
- Dorsal fin, the fin located on the back of a fish or aircraft
- Dorsal transcription factor, a maternally synthesized transcription factor
Examples of use of Dorsal
1. The shark‘s dorsal fin was seen slicing through the water behind the swimmers.
2. Its dorsal fin had a large gash and its fluke was cut up.
3. It also has a grayer fur, and a double dorsal stripe.
4. Bonfil attached a satellite tag to Nicoles dorsal fin on November 7, 2003.
5. The authors used the photos to distinguish the whales by their body scars, dorsal fin shapes and other distinctive characteristics.