adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
arm
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The dorsal arm plates are roundly hexagonal and contiguous proximally.
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The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped or triangular with a convex distal edge and are separated.
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The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped sometimes with a distinct lobe on the distal edge, and contiguous.
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The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped and separated.
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The dorsal arm plates are slightly bell shaped or fan shaped, they approach but are not quite contiguous.
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The dorsal arm plates are fan to bell shaped not contiguous sometimes with a finely rugose distal edge.
fin
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The trigger, which gives the fish its name, is the leading ray of its dorsal fin which has become bony.
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There is nothing clown-like at all about a pale pink fish with a light stripe along the base of the dorsal fin .
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The dorsal fin is like a yacht sail; tall and similarly shaped.
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Soon, however, many are projecting their dorsal fins high out of the water and are confidently pecking at their food.
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New fibreglass wing tips and dorsal fin additions were attached.
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The blennies have a single dorsal fin , which may be almost, but not completely, divided by a deep notch.
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This is the mark in the water caused by the fish's dorsal fin .
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However it is easily identified by the large black blotch that covers a large proportion of its upper body and dorsal fin .
root
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With the viral reactivation, inflammatory changes occur in dorsal root ganglia and nerve roots.
side
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The ventral interradial areas are covered by plates and granules like those of the dorsal side .
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The dorsal side of the blades of specimens having green leaves is usually lighter, yellow-green.
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The ventral interradial areas are also covered with spinelets which are more nearly granular than those of the dorsal side .
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In species with variegated leaves the dorsal side is olive brown, light to dark red or deep purple.
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The ventral interradial areas have similar armament to the dorsal side .
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The arms are covered with skin which obscures the dorsal side of the arm.
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The ventral interradial area is covered by similar spinelets to the dorsal side .
surface
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The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface , spinelets may be present.
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Young specimens of this species have an orange-red coloration on the dorsal surface .
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We studied the healing of a standardized lesion on the dorsal surface of a four-day chick embryonic wing bud.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered by scales like those of the dorsal surface but the rod-like spinelets are usually smaller.
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There are simple spinelets scattered over the dorsal surface of the disk although they are often rubbed off in preserved specimens.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered by plates similar to those on the dorsal surface .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped to rounded triangular and contiguous proximally.
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The caudal fin is yellow-brown, and the dorsal spine and long snout are orange.
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The trigger, which gives the fish its name, is the leading ray of its dorsal fin which has become bony.
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The ventral interradial areas are covered by scales like those of the dorsal surface but the rod-like spinelets are usually smaller.
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There is nothing clown-like at all about a pale pink fish with a light stripe along the base of the dorsal fin.