Dor`so*ven"tral (?), a. [dorsum + ventral.] (Anat.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.
||Dor"sum (?), n. [L.] 1. The ridge of a hill.
2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
{ Dor"tour (?), Dor"ture (?), } n. [F. dortoir, fr. L. dormitorium.] A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.
Do"ry (?), n.; pl. Dories (#). [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dorée gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole.] 1. (Zoöl.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.