Dorsal(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.
Dorsal(a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
Dorsal(a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
Dorsal(a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Dorsale(n.) Same as Dorsal, n.
Dorsally(adv.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
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