dorsum
Meanings
noun
- The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
- The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
- The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
- A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
- Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”).
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