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VENTRALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ventrally mean?
• VENTRALLY (adverb)
The adverb VENTRALLY has 1 sense:
1. in a ventral location or direction
Familiarity information: VENTRALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a ventral location or direction
Pertainym:
ventral (toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal))
Context examples
A medium-sized macaque that tends to be an opportunistic omnivore, the Macaca fascicularis has grey-brown or reddish-brown fur that lightens ventrally, and cheek whiskers.
(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)
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