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Torsal vs Dorsal - What's the difference?

torsal | dorsal |

As nouns the difference between torsal and dorsal

is that torsal is while dorsal is (art) a hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

As an adjective dorsal is

(anatomy) with respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

torsal

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)

    dorsal

    English

    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.

    • Antonyms

    * ventral

    Coordinate terms

    * * (linguistics) labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

    Derived terms

    * dorsal fin * dorsally

    Related terms

    * endorse, indorse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  • In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

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