Word "DORSAL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
facing away from the axis of an organ or organism
Synonyms:
abaxial

Definition:
belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part
Examples:
the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals

Crossword Clues for DORSAL

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Clue Source Date
Pertaining to the back The Times Concise 05 Jun 2025
Unpaired median fin on the back of a fish (6)
Unpaired median fin on the back of fishes (6)
Vendor salami was partly made from a shark's fin (6)
Unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes (6)
Little Sally has Rod on her back!
Concerned with the back roads misused by an inexperienced driver (6)
A LORD'S
Like some fins Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2024
Learner following winding roads regarding back of plant? (6)
On the back of an animal (6) The Guardian Quick 22 Jul 2024
Belonging to the back
Fin on the back of a fish
Fish fin (6)
On the back foot, finally abandoning sailor after baton's whirled
Rear entrance to access Lord's ground (6)
Fin type Thomas Joseph 18 Apr 2024
Related to the back roads negotiated by learner (6)
Upper fin
Shark's fin
___ fin (feature of a fish's back)
Of or on the back (6)
To do with the back
Participants up in Dallas rodeo on their backs
Fin descriptor Newsday 29 Oct 2023
Fin The Telegraph Quick 01 Apr 2023
Like some fins Wall Street Journal 23 Feb 2023
Relating to the back The Times Concise 26 Oct 2022
Kind of fin New York Times 26 Jun 2022
Kind of fin Thomas Joseph 10 Jun 2022
In The Zoo, part of the back door is missing second lock and the odd stall? Irish Times Crosaire 19 Feb 2022
Back fin LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2021
Back fish fin Premier Sunday 26 Sep 2021
Shoot up with special aluminium fin
Like a spiny dogfish’s spines Wall Street Journal 30 Jan 2021
Type of fish fin
Relating to the back part of pilchard or salmon
Along the back New York Times 13 Jan 2019
Along the back
Fin descriptor Newsday 23 Dec 2018
Back-related Eugene Sheffer 03 Aug 2018
___ fin (shark part) Universal 18 Jul 2018
Fin on the back of marine vertebrates Irish Times Simplex 06 Apr 2018
___ fin (shark part)
__ fin (fish feature) Newsday 17 Dec 2017
On the back, a fin on a fish perhaps Irish Times Simplex 16 Jul 2016
Shark's back fin Universal 02 Feb 2016
Shark's back fin
At the back New York Times 06 Sep 2015
-- fin, found on a fish's back The Telegraph General Knowledge 08 Mar 2015
Kind of fin Thomas Joseph 28 Jan 2015
At the back
On the back, as a fin
Of the back
Kind of fin
Dolphin fin
Like some fins near the tail
Back fin
Like the familiar shark fin
Back fin
Kind of fin
___ fin (shark feature)
Like the familiar shark fin
On the back, as a fin
Like a fish's main fin
Like the familiar shark fin
Shark's back fin, e.g.
On the back
Of the back
On the back
Toward the back, as a fin
On the back
___ fin
Type of fin
Kind of fin
Kind of fin
___ fin (shark part)
Main fin
On the back
Kind of fin
On the back
Situated at the back, as some fins
Situated at the back, as some fins
Fish's __ fin
Back
Back fin
Like a fish's main fin
Of the back
Along the back
Posterior
Near the back
Kind of column or fin
Of the back
Fish's ___ fin
Abaxial
Of the back.
Altar hanging.
Situated near the back.
Pertaining to an animal's back.
Tarpon fin.
Fin on a fish's back.
Pertaining to the back.
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