ventral

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. Source: opted

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

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

4. adj. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal) Source: wordnet

5. adj. nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

8. j:100 a. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal) Source: ecdict

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