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Ventral adj.

(Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; opposed to dorsal.

(Bot.)

(a)

Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.

(b)

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

Ventral fins (Zool.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat.

Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loop, n., 5.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ventral" Quotes from Famous Books

... I had an indistinct notion of having seen before, but when or where, or who they might be, I had not the remotest idea. One of them was a comfortable-looking, middle-aged man, with a bald head, a smooth, clean-shaven face, and an incipient ventral rotundity. His complexion was clear and wholesome, his countenance good-humoured, his whole appearance bespoke an existence free from care, nights of sound sleep, and days of tranquil enjoyment. His face was too sleek to be very expressive, but ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 • Various

... the umbo result from the relative growth of the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the cone-scale. With the terminal umbo the growth of both surfaces is uniform, with the dorsal umbo the growth is unequal. A true terminal umbo rests on the surface of the underlying scale, although several species with terminal umbos show the first stages of ...

— The Genus Pinus • George Russell Shaw

... thus radiate in structure, having neither front nor rear, right nor left side. But our little turbellaria, while still without a head, has one end which goes first and can be called the front end. The upper or dorsal surface is usually more colored with pigment cells than the lower or ventral surface, on which is the mouth. It has also a right and left side. ...

— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler

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