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Supersaliency :: Supersacral (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum..

Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..

Chiton :: Chiton (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora..

Weever :: Weever (n.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds..

Squamoid :: Squamipen (n.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

Dipterygian :: Dipterygian (a.) Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.

Notopodium :: Notopodium (n.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..

Springe :: Springbuck (n.) A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer..

Pterotic :: Pterotic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes..

Diaheliotropism :: Diaheliotropism (n.) A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

Dossel :: Dossel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n..

Tethys :: Tethys (n.) A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored..

Procoelia :: Procoelia (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front..

Tergum :: Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..

Dorsal :: 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..

Ventral :: Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.

Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..

Prophragma :: Prophragma (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

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