dorsoventrally love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as dorsiventrally.

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  • adverb In a dorsoventral manner

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a dorsoventral direction

Etymologies

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dorsoventral +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Hovasaurs are basal diapsids with long, webbed feet and dorsoventrally expanded tails.

    Life's Time Capsule: The Long Road to Failure Zach 2009

  • Hovasaurs are basal diapsids with long, webbed feet and dorsoventrally expanded tails.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Peter Bond 2009

  • It has a distinctive subvertical, dorsoventrally elongate naris.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • With a dorsoventrally mobile back and huge, long-toed feet, Ambulocetus appears suited for competent movement on land, but probably swam by powerful up-and-down oscillation of the back and paddling with the hindlimbs.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • They are dorsoventrally flattened and their carapace has been widened to cover most of their appendages.

    Crustacea 2008

  • The gastralia are elongate and gently curved, with an elliptical, dorsoventrally compressed cross section.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • This condition differs from the relatively anterioposteriorly short and dorsoventrally tall dorsal centra of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • The parapophyses are elliptical in outline and dorsoventrally taller than long, with their long axis inclined dorsally and posteriorly.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • The distal phalanx is elongate and paddle-shaped, with a flat proximal articulation and a rounded dorsoventrally compressed body.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • Medially, the proximal end twists to form a dorsoventrally compressed ventral lamina that contacts its antimere medially and the ischium posteriorly.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

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