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dorsalis

American  
[dawr-sal-is, -sey-lis] / dɔrˈsæl ɪs, -ˈseɪ lɪs /

adjective

  1. dorsal.


noun

dorsales plural
  1. a blood vessel or nerve serving the back of the part with which it is associated.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of dorsalis

From New Latin; see origin at dorsal 1

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H. dorsalis hails from the mountains of Northern Borneo and features a conspicuous dark stripe that begins atop its head and bisects its back before fading around mid-body.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

Upon reaching the tarsal region, it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery, which branches repeatedly and provides blood to the tarsal and dorsal regions of the foot.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Affinities.—This species, in the characters derived from the valves, comes perhaps nearest to L. Rhodiopus; in the characters derived from the animal's body, it is nearest to L. dorsalis.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

If specimens could be obtained from the upper Balsas Basin they might show that T. dorsalis postremus inhabits that extensive basin.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

Breeding in the same pond were Rhinophrynus dorsalis and Diaglena reticulata.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.

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