What is the meaning of dorsal?

Answer 1

Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral., Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf., Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss., A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.