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These animals bear one pair of legs per segment, mandibles as mouthparts, and are somewhat dorsoventrally flattened.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Modern crocodilians are well known for having elongate, superficially tubular snouts where the rostrum is dorsoventrally flattened.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2012

The zygosphene is thin dorsoventrally; in a ventral or dorsal view the zygosphene has a slightly concave anterior edge, the flat surface of which is oriented ventrolaterally.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

The swollen thumb is supported by a dorsoventrally flattened spine that does not extrude through the skin.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

The tail is dorsoventrally thickened just in front of the flukes.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David