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English Dictionary: ventral	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ventral adj toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in position"; "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped" Antonym(s): dorsal nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface" Synonym(s): adaxial, ventral Antonym(s): abaxial, dorsal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to {dorsal}. 2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to {dorsal}. {Ventral fins} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. {Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loop}, n., 5.