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/ven"trad/, adv. Anat., Zool.toward the ventral side; ventrally.[1840-50; VENTR- + -AD3]
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Ventrad — Ven trad, adv. [L. venter belly + ad to.] (Anat.) Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; opposed to dorsad. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ventrad — ˈven.ˌtrad adverb Etymology: ventr + ad : toward the ventral side : ventrally tracing the nerve ventrad … Useful english dictionary
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ventrad — Toward the ventral aspect; opposed to dorsad. [L. venter, belly, + ad, to] * * * ven·trad (venґtrad) [ventr + ad1] toward the abdomen, a venter, or a ventral aspect … Medical dictionary
ventrad — adv. toward the abdomen … English contemporary dictionary
ventrad — ven·trad … English syllables
falces — n. pl.; sing. falx, falcis [L. falx, sickle] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) Falces used to denote chelicerae of ticks; chelicerae of certain arachnids. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In lycanid butterflies, when present, paired, sclerotized, curved arms… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frontal suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. One of two sutures arising at the anterior end of the coronal suture which extends ventrad toward the epistomal suture. 2. In Diptera, a suture shaped like an inverted U , having the base crossing the face above the bases … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
rostrum — n.; pl. tra [L. rostrum, beak] 1. A beak or snout; see rostellum. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The labrum of spiders. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The median pointed process at the end of the cephalothorax. a. In thoracic barnacles, a valve between … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
