Ventral



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 腹部的
• ［英］ adj. 腹部的 ( abdominal)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: French, from Latin ventralis, from ventr-, venter
• Date: 1739
• 1.
  • a. of or relating to the belly ; abdominal
  • b. being or located near or on the anterior or lower surface of an animal opposite the back
• 2. being or located on the lower surface of a dorsiventral plant structure
• ? ventrally adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1834
• a ventral part (as a scale or fin)

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