dorsally

IPA: dˈɔrsʌɫi

Examples of "dorsally" in Sentences

The adult plumage of penguins is blue-black or gray dorsally (back) and white ventrally (front).
Their bodies are completely enclosed in a calcified, bivalved carapace which is hinged dorsally.
The brood chamber is located dorsally in the carapace and is used to hold the eggs until they hatch.
They have a ventral nerve cord and a dorsally located heart which pumps blood through an open circulation system.
Insects have a ventral nerve cord and a dorsally located heart which pumps blood through an open circulation system.
Also in contrast to those of suids, both canines in peccaries are vertically implanted: in suids the upper canine exits the maxilla anterolaterally, and then curves dorsally.
It has sparse or absent body hair, a nearly hairless tail tuft, and long, relatively thick upper canines that emerge vertically, converge slightly and curl dorsally in a circle.
These include dorsally migrated scapulae, a broad thorax, laterally directed humeral glenoids, an increased number of sacral vertebrae, a reduced/absent tail and less fasciculated back musculature.
Strongly compressed laterally and projecting dorsally from the skull roof to a height similar to that of the cranium itself, it must have had an important function, but we aren’t too sure what that was.