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ven·tral

(vĕn′trəl)

adj.

1. Anatomy

a. Relating to or situated on or close to the abdomen; abdominal.

b. Relating to or situated on or close to the anterior aspect of the human body or the lower surface of the body of a nonhuman animal.

2. Botany Of or on the surface of an organ or part facing toward the axis; adaxial.

A ventral part, such as a fin or scale.

[Late Latin ventrālis, from Latin venter, ventr-, belly.]

ven′tral·ly adv.

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ventral

(ˈvɛntrəl)

adj

1. (Anatomy) relating to the front part of the body; towards the belly. Compare dorsal

2. (Botany) of, relating to, or situated on the upper or inner side of a plant organ, esp a leaf, that is facing the axis

[C18: from Latin ventrālis, from venter abdomen]

ˈventrally adv

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ven•tral

(ˈvɛn trəl)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to the venter or belly; abdominal.

2. situated on or toward the lower, abdominal plane of an animal's body, equivalent to the front in humans.

3. of or designating the lower or inner surface of a plant structure.

[1730–40; < Latin ventrālis=vent(e)r venter + -ālis -al¹]

ven′tral•ly, adv.

ven·tral

(vĕn′trəl)

Of or on the front or lower surface of an animal.

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ventral

Relating to the abdomen or front of the human body. Compare dorsal.

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Adj.	1.	ventral - 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" dorsal - belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals"
	2.	ventral - nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface" adaxial biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

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ventral

vatsaventraalinen

hasi

ventrale

ventral

[ˈventrəl] ADJ → ventral

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ventral

adj (form) → ventral (form), → Bauch-

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ven·tral

a. ventral, abdominal, rel. al vientre o a la parte anterior del cuerpo humano.

ventral

adj ventral

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"Aye; he'd hev a deal haimabler groom nor what he has now," observed Dalton--and the joke appeared to him so good that, being left alone upon the scene, he continued at intervals to take his pipe from his mouth in order to wink at an imaginary audience and shake luxuriously with a silent, ventral laughter, mentally rehearsing the dialogue from the beginning, that he might recite it with effect in the servants' hall.

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Definition and diagnosis: This bicolored species differs from all congeners by possessing a pattern of black rings separated by equally long (or longer) pale pinkish orange rings, a pale pinkish orange parietal ring, a black nuchal ring that passes posterior to the parietal tips and the seventh supralabial, pale tail rings that are neither red nor orange, and 243 of fewer ventrals in females.

There are 238-243 (=240.5) ventrals and 16-19 (=17.5) subcaudals.

A new species of slender coralsnake from Colombia, and its clinal an ontogenetic variation (Serpentes, Elapidae: Leptomicrurus)

Based upon the number of dorsal body and tail blotches, the number of ventrals and subcaudals, the degree of ventral pigmentation and the presence or absence of paired subcaudal stripes, each specimen was assigned to Elaphe guttata emoryi (great plains rat snake), E.

An examination of Texas specimens of Elaphe guttata for number of dorsal body and tail blotches, number of ventrals and subcaudals, and degree of ventral pigmentation suggests several taxonomic scenarios.

A reevaluation of populations of the corn snake Elaphe guttata (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) in Texas

In addition to the problem of spelling, it was stated in the original description that the number of ventrals ranged from 140 to 152, and the subcaudal number simply was given as "90." Of 245 individuals examined, the lowest number of ventrals is 143, and the highest number of subcaudals, 74.

Jan did mention the basal shadowing of the ventrals, two rows of dark spots that form dorsolateral dark lines posteriorly, and a lateral row of regular dark spots that continue to the level of the vent, which are pattern characters found in L.

Geographic variation and taxonomy of Liophis almadensis (Wagler) (Serpentes: Colubridae), and description of a new species of Liophis from Argentina and Bolivia

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