Usually means: Top or back of organism.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. dorsal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dorsal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dorsal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dorsal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dorsal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dorsal, dorsal: Wordnik
  7. dorsal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dorsal: Wiktionary
  9. dorsal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dorsal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dorsal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dorsal: Dictionary.com
  13. dorsal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Dorsal (anatomy), Dorsal (location), Dorsal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Dorsal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dorsal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dorsal: Rhymezone
  18. Dorsal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dorsal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. dorsal: Free Dictionary
  21. dorsal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dorsal: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -dorsal: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dorsal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Dorsal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  6. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Skeletal Anatomy (No longer online)
  9. -dorsal, dorsal: Medical dictionary
  10. Dorsal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bryological (No longer online)
  5. dorsal: Mussel Glossary
  6. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  7. Dorsal: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  8. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  9. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dorsal: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See dorsally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
adjective:  (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
adjective:  (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
adjective:  (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
adjective:  (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
adjective:  (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
noun:  (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
noun:  (zootomy, in snakes) Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
noun:  (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

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