dorsal meaning
EN
[ˈdɔɹsəl] [-ɔː(ɹ)səl] WDorsal
- Dorsal (from Latin dorsum ‘back’) may refer to:
- Dorsum (anatomy), the back of an animal or human being
- Dorsal (aircraft). positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage
- Dorsal consonant, a consonant articulated with the back of the tongue
- Dorsal fin, the fin located on the back of a fish or aircraft
FR dorsal 
- NounPLdorsalsPREdors-
- Adjective
- (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
- (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
- (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
- (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
- (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Both the dorsal and subnarial processes are incomplete.
- Since other dense anatomical structures are around and in contact the EC, the EC was defined to exclude the dorsal endopiriform nucleus and the piriform cortex.
- Haptor subtrapezoidal, with dorsal and ventral anteromedial lobes containing respective squamodiscs and lateral lobes having hook pairs 2–4, 6, 7.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dorsal in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dorsal" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.