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etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.

The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson (More's Utopia).

See 1st Dor.

See Dorhawk.

Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

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.

Same as Dorsal, n.

On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

Same as Dorsal, n.

See Dosser.

A division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]

Having branchiæ along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. -- n.

e ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

(Anat.) See Meson.

Same as Dorsiferous.

distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.