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English to English adjective
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toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal) |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | | Example: the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface
source: wordnet30
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Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal. | | source: webster1913
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