ventrad
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of ventrad
Example Sentences
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Hypognathous: having the mouth parts directed more or less vertically ventrad.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Lying at a considerable distance ventrad to the main body of the section, are seen the two sections of the small intestine, i, surrounded by irregular strands of tissue from the umbilicus.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
The loop of 19 the duodenum that, in the sections, is seen to lie directly ventrad to the gizzard, in the reconstruction is shown too much to the side of the latter organ.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
Winter pelage comes in first on the rump and spreads caudad and ventrad.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.
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