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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Extending along or having to do with the axis that connects the dorsal and ventral sides.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as dorsabdominal.
  • Same as bifacial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective extending from the back to the belly

Etymologies

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From dorso- +‎ ventral

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