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middorsal

middorsal adjective: in the middle of a dorsal region.

Adjective

middorsal (not comparable)

  1. In the middle of a dorsal region
    • Neck and segment 1 of Semnoderes armiger in dorsal view, showing the deep middorsal incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of middorsal

From mid- + dorsal.

Words that rhyme with middorsal

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Questions about middorsal

What does middorsal mean?
Middorsal means in the middle of a dorsal region.
What part of speech is middorsal?
Middorsal is an adjective.

Words near middorsal in the dictionary

  1. middlingish
  2. middlingly
  3. middlingness
  4. middlings
  5. middlish
  6. middorsal
  7. middorsally
  8. middorsum
  9. middot
  10. middots
  11. middst

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