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Definition of dorsal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dorsal

adjective
 
/ˈdɔːsl/
 
/ˈdɔːrsl/
[only before noun] (specialist)
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  1. on or relating to the back of a fish or an animal
    • a shark’s dorsal fin
    compare ventral
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin dorsalis, from Latin dorsum ‘back’.
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