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to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen.

A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.

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

Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

Same as Dorsal, n.

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.

Same as Dorsal, n. [R.]

Same as Dorsal, n.

A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

sawfly (Zoöl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.

One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.

Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.

pon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. -- Ep`i*did"y*mal, a.

the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. -- Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.