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dorsal
English
Etymology
From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dors?lis (“of or relating to the back”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??s?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s?l
Adjective
dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)
- (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
- (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
- (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
- (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
Antonyms
- ventral
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal
Derived terms
- dorsal fin
- dorsally
- dorsal root
- lumbodorsal
Related terms
- endorse, indorse
Translations
Noun
dorsal (plural dorsals)
- (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
- In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
- (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
Anagrams
- lardos
Catalan
Adjective
dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)
- dorsal
Derived terms
- aleta dorsal
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin dorsum with adjective-forming suffix -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??.sal/
Adjective
dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)
- dorsal
Descendants
- ? Dutch: dorsaal
Further reading
- “dorsal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???za?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
dorsal (not comparable)
- dorsal
Declension
Interlingua
Adjective
dorsal (not comparable)
- dorsal
Portuguese
Adjective
dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, comparable)
- (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
- (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)
Romanian
Etymology
From French dorsal
Adjective
dorsal m or n (feminine singular dorsal?, masculine plural dorsali, feminine and neuter plural dorsale)
- dorsal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dors?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do??sal/, [d?o??sal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
dorsal (plural dorsales)
- (anatomy) dorsal
Derived terms
- aleta dorsal
- espina dorsal
- toracodorsal
Noun
dorsal m (plural dorsales)
- ridge
Derived terms
- dorsal ancho
Related terms
- dorso
Further reading
- “dorsal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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edaphosaurus
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
edaphosaurus
- any of several dinosaurs of the genus Edaphosaurus, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest
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