Definitions for dorsum

dorsum dor·sum

Spelling: [dawr-suh m]
IPA: /ˈdɔr səm/

Dorsum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in dorsum (dmorsu).

Definitions for dorsum

noun

  1. the back, as of the body.
  2. the back or outer surface of an organ, part, etc.

Origin of dorsum

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1775-85

Examples for dorsum

Addorsal: close to but not quite on the middle of the dorsum.

In life the dorsum is greenish tan with brown mottling; in some individuals the entire dorsum is dark chocolate brown.

No spiracles are discernible on the dorsum of the eighth segment.

The skin of the dorsum is thick and glandular, but not tuberculate.

In some individuals the dark reticulation on the dorsum is faint.

dorsum irregularly pustulate; in some specimens the pustules tend to form a V in the scapular region.

In life the dorsum varies from dark gray or olive-brown to tan or reddish brown.

Some individuals have dark cross-bands or chevrons on the dorsum.

On the anterior part of the dorsum of one of the living spiders was the egg.

The dorsum generally was grayish; the top of the rump, buffy gray.

Word Value for dorsum
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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