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adjective. Relating to or situated on or close to the abdomen; abdominal.

adjective. Relating to or situated on or close to the anterior aspect of the human body or the lower surface of the body of an animal.

adjective. Of or on the surface of an organ or part facing toward the axis; adaxial.

noun. A ventral part, such as a fin or scale.

In anatomy and zoology: Of or pertaining to the venter, in any sense; forming a venter; contained in a venter; having a venter; hollowed out like a venter; bellying; abdominal; uterine: as, ventral walls or cavities: ventral viscera; the ventral surface of the ilium or scapula; ventral fins.

Placed ventrad in the body; situated on the side or aspect of the body opposite the dorsal or back aspect; anterior or inferior; hemal.

In botany, belonging to the anterior surface of anything: as, a ventral suture, which is the line running down the front of a carpel on the side next the axis: the opposite of dorsal

noun. In ichthyology, a ventral fin; one of the posterior or pelvic pair of fins, corresponding to the hind limbs of higher vertebrates, and distinguished from the pectorals: so called irrespective of their actual position: as. ventrals thoracic or jugular. Abbreviated V. or verb

noun. In entomology, one of the segments of the abdomen as seen from beneath, especially in Coleoptera. They are distinguished as first, second, etc., counting backward. See urite, uromere.

adjective. Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; ; -- opposed to dorsal.

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

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

adjective. the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat.

adjective. See Loop, n., 5.

adjective. Related to the abdomen or stomach

adjective. On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.

adjective. An anatomical term referring to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

adjective. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)

adjective. nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism

"I always correct my primatology students to use the term ventral-dorsal when they refer to the more usual animal mating position: doggy style."

dorsal  

abdominal  ventral chord  ventral fin  ventral folds  ventral groove  

dorsoventral  

central  entrail  

anterior  apical  concave  dorsal  frontal  

abdominal  hemal  sternal  stomachal