Thesaurus: ventral

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1. a. 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.
2. a. Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.
3. a. Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.
4. adj. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
5. adj. nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
6. 1. (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 Ant: dorsal. 2. (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 Ant: dorsal. Ventral fins (Zoöl.), 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.
7. Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventralside, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, theventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposedto Ant: dorsal.
8. j:100 a. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)