Clues for the word "DORSAL"
We've had 28 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 65 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on September 25, 2025.
Definition of dorsal
- a. - 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.
- a. - Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
- a. - Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
- a. - A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Referring Clues
- On the back
- At the back
- ___ fin
- Kind of fin
- Back fin
- ___ fin (shark part)
- Type of fin
- Of the back
- Toward the back, as a fin
- Dolphin fin
- Like a fish's main fin
- Main fin
- Shark's back fin, e.g.
- Like the familiar shark fin
- On the back, as a fin
- ___ fin
- Fin type
- Back-related
- ___ fin (shark feature)
- Near the back
- Shark's back fin
- Like some fins
- ___ fin (fish feature)
- Shark's fin
- Fin descriptor
- Along the back
- On the back, anatomically
- Arrange loads around the nerve centre of the back
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - September 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 20, 2025
- LA Times - August 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 26, 2023
- Your Life Choices - April 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2022
- New York Times - June 26, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 10, 2022
- Netword - December 17, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - September 22, 2017
- Your Life Choices - September 21, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 26, 2017
- Universal - February 02, 2016
- New York Times - September 06, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 28, 2015
- New York Times - July 14, 2014
- Universal - June 30, 2014
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - April 06, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 28, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 03, 2014
- LA Times - November 30, 2012
- Washington Post - August 14, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 20, 2012
- And in 35 more crossword puzzles...