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