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101dor|mouse — «DR MOWS», noun, plural mice. a small animal of the Old World that looks somewhat like a squirrel and somewhat like a mouse. It sleeps most of the winter. Dormice are rodents. ╂[origin uncertain; perhaps < dialectal dorm to sleep, doze (<… …
102dor|nock — «DR nuhk», noun. = dornick. (Cf. ↑dornick) …
103dor|sad — «DR sad», adverb. Anatomy. toward the back. ╂[< Latin dorsum back + ad toward] …
104dor|sa|lis — «dr SAY lihs», noun. an artery which supplies the back of an organ or part. ╂[< New Latin dorsalis (in Latin, adjective, on the back); see etym. under dorsal1 (Cf. ↑dorsal)] …
105dor|sal|ly — «DR suh lee», adverb. 1. on the back; by the back. 2. toward the back …
106dor|sif|er|ous — «dr SIHF uhr uhs», adjective. 1. Botany. bearing the fruit clusters of sporangia on the underside or back of the frond: »a dorsiferous fern. 2. Zoology. dorsiparous. ╂[< Latin dorsum back + English ferous] …
107dor|sip|a|rous — «dr SIHP uhr uhs», adjective. Zoology. hatching the young on the back: »Certain toads are dorsiparous. ╂[< Latin dorsum back + parere to bear, give birth to + English ous] …
108dor|si|spi|nal — «DR suh SPY nuhl», adjective. having to do with the spinous processes of the vertebrae. ╂[< Latin dorsum back + English spinal] …
109dor|so|lat|er|al — «DR soh LAT uhr uhl», adjective. of or affecting both the back and the side. ╂[< Latin dorsum back + English lateral] …
110dor|sum — «DR suhm», noun, plural sa. 1. the back; outer surface of an organ or part: »the dorsum of the hand. 2. Phonetics. the back part of the tongue. ╂[< Latin dorsum] …
