dorsals

Shadows everywhere, sharp and vicious, nothing but hungry mouths and gaping maws, silver-gray dorsals cutting through the water like living blades—coming for me.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

Shadows everywhere, sharp and vicious, nothing but hungry mouths and gaping maws, silver-gray dorsals cutting through the water like living blades—coming for me.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

Maybe it's just me, I did see Jaws at a very young age, but I can't look at the water without picturing dark dorsals knifing the surface.

Roy G. Biv 2009

Maybe it's just me, I did seeJawsat a very young age, but I can't look at the water without picturing dark dorsals knifing the surface.

Roy G. Biv 2009

The broad white dorsals rolling gently across their path were the only impediment to their speedy trip north.

Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

Note the unusual Montreal English tensing in front of voiced dorsals lengthwise and the extra syllable in bilingual.

languagehat.com: ANOTHER HIATUS. 2004

Shielding his eyes with his good hand, he peered seaward where dolphin fins cut from one upturned hull to another, their human partners hanging on to the dorsals, still searching for survivors.

First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

Shielding his eyes with his good hand, he peered seaward where dolphin fins cut from one upturned hull to another, their human partners hanging on to the dorsals, still searching for survivors.

The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993

Shielding his eyes with his good hand, he peered seaward where dolphin fins cut from one upturned hull to another, their human partners hanging on to the dorsals, still searching for survivors.

Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

The top aft portion lifted, extended itself, and divided into four sections, each connected by dorsals with every other section as well as with the main body of the ship.

The Three-Minute Universe Barbara Paul 1990