dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dor_MW.json

{
  "Doradidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of South American armored catfishes (type genus Doras ) having a series of bony plates along the sides that are reputed to journey overland in search of water during dry seasons":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Dorad-, Doras , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u0259\u02c8rad\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173549",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dorado":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mahi-mahi":[],
      "city west of San Juan in northern Puerto Rico population 38,165":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, fly fishing for golden dorado in Bolivia, which is the No. 1 bucket-list item on the company\u2019s top 12 promotion. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com , 9 May 2020",
      "These are the trips where white and blue marlin weighing hundreds of pounds are available for the taking, in addition to large tuna, wahoo and dorado . \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The Gulf, meanwhile, can bring everything from Kingfish, snapper, dorado and even shark within 30 miles of shore. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "At this resort, famed for its quiet allure and world-class sportfishing, expect to bag marlin, sailfish, or dorado \u2014with the help of experienced guides\u2014and then dine on your catch that evening. \u2014 Jenny Peters, National Geographic , 25 July 2019",
      "So the dolphins circled around my boat and one dolphin emerged minutes later with a dorado in its mouth. \u2014 D.j Hopson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2010",
      "My favorite segment was about how flying fish can use their wings to escape their super-fast and efficient underwater predators called dorados . \u2014 Michael Heaton, cleveland.com , 22 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1604, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from past participle of dorar to gild, from Latin deaurare , from de- + aurum gold \u2014 more at aureus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u035fh\u014d",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221201",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Doras":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the type genus of the family Doradidae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063618",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dorcas":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Christian woman of New Testament times who made clothing for the poor":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1553, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek Dorkas":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041042",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Dorcatherium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of extinct chevrotains related to the water chevrotain":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek dorkas gazelle, deer + New Latin -therium":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u022frk\u0259\u02c8thir\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131148",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorad":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a catfish of the family Doradidae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Doradidae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u014dr\u02ccad"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105930",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorado":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mahi-mahi":[],
      "city west of San Juan in northern Puerto Rico population 38,165":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, fly fishing for golden dorado in Bolivia, which is the No. 1 bucket-list item on the company\u2019s top 12 promotion. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com , 9 May 2020",
      "These are the trips where white and blue marlin weighing hundreds of pounds are available for the taking, in addition to large tuna, wahoo and dorado . \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "The Gulf, meanwhile, can bring everything from Kingfish, snapper, dorado and even shark within 30 miles of shore. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "At this resort, famed for its quiet allure and world-class sportfishing, expect to bag marlin, sailfish, or dorado \u2014with the help of experienced guides\u2014and then dine on your catch that evening. \u2014 Jenny Peters, National Geographic , 25 July 2019",
      "So the dolphins circled around my boat and one dolphin emerged minutes later with a dorado in its mouth. \u2014 D.j Hopson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2010",
      "My favorite segment was about how flying fish can use their wings to escape their super-fast and efficient underwater predators called dorados . \u2014 Michael Heaton, cleveland.com , 22 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1604, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from past participle of dorar to gild, from Latin deaurare , from de- + aurum gold \u2014 more at aureus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u014d-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u035fh\u014d",
      "d\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010300",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorbeetle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dor entry 1 + beetle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071844",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorcas gazelle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common gazelle ( Gazella dorcas ) of northern Africa and parts of southwestern Asia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin dorcas (specific epithet of Gazella dorcas ), from Latin, gazelle, from Greek dorkas, dorkos, dorx , alteration of zorkas, zorx gazelle, deer; akin to Welsh iwrch roebuck, Cornish yorch , Breton yourc'h":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk\u0259s-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173213",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorcastry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a church auxiliary organized to plan and execute benevolent work":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dorcas , Christian woman of Joppa celebrated in the early church for her good works (Acts 9:36) + English -try (as in deviltry )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk\u0259str\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081756",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dork":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "I look like a complete dork in these clothes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their onscreen chemistry is a balm to the millennial soul\u2014the filthy comic, and the ultimate hipster dork of our teens and 20s, united. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "However, much like the lovable dork that came before him, that doesn\u2019t mean that he can\u2019t be redeemed down the line. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Dornan's inner comedy dork \u2014 on a par with Andrew Garfield's inner musical nerd unleashed in Tick, Tick\u2026Boom! \u2014 would not be denied. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Erskine played Maya with an alpha dork 's tense confidence, always unsure if people were laughing at her or with her. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "And she can\u2019t be faulted for breaking character after being face to face with surprise guest Stewart, who donned a wig and braces to play a Grateful Dead loving dork . \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Described as your dorky next door neighbor who grew up to be hot but couldn\u2019t shake being a dork , Daniel is an investigator at Jax\u2019s law firm. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "But everyone will likely recognize the conundrum posed by the dork -adjacent Dennis ( Ryan Hansen ), who meets Andrea on a flight back to Los Angeles from New York and is immediately smitten. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 22 June 2021",
      "When their story begins, Jeanette is your typical dork while Kate is living her best Cher Horowitz life. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1965, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of dick":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022frk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bookworm",
      "dink",
      "geek",
      "grind",
      "nerd",
      "swot",
      "weenie",
      "wonk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorkiness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "apt",
      "brainy",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": foolishly stupid : clueless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "she's always being embarrassed by her dorky cousins",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These two both have a bit of a dorky side but in the best way possible. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 16 June 2022",
      "El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their dorky -cute phase. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "But longer shorts are making a stab at acceptability again in ways that some men welcome and other men consider irredeemably dorky . \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The result, as Pickman accurately points out, was that endurance road rigs always had a dorky rep as an old man\u2019s bike. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Meet Mei Lee, a dorky 13-year-old torn between remaining a dutiful daughter to her overprotective mother and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That Leonard is better suited to Sandra seems obvious until Michelle takes him out for the night, and this shlumpy, melancholic man dives onto the dance floor to show off some dorky but ambitious moves. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "As the cheerfully dorky best friend of Greg, the titular wimpy kid, Rowley emanates inborn self-acceptance\u2014a pointed contrast to Greg\u2019s flailing efforts to become the coolest boy in middle school. \u2014 Julian Towers, The New Yorker , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1970, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "dim-witted",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020415",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dorky":{
    "antonyms":[
      "apt",
      "brainy",
      "bright",
      "brilliant",
      "clever",
      "fast",
      "hyperintelligent",
      "intelligent",
      "keen",
      "nimble",
      "quick",
      "quick-witted",
      "sharp",
      "sharp-witted",
      "smart",
      "supersmart",
      "ultrasmart"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": foolishly stupid : clueless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "she's always being embarrassed by her dorky cousins",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These two both have a bit of a dorky side but in the best way possible. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 16 June 2022",
      "El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their dorky -cute phase. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "But longer shorts are making a stab at acceptability again in ways that some men welcome and other men consider irredeemably dorky . \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The result, as Pickman accurately points out, was that endurance road rigs always had a dorky rep as an old man\u2019s bike. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "But unlike the first film, Sonic 2 has a daft sense of fun that feels totally self-assured, a proper blend of kid-friendly gags and deeply dorky world building, complete with post-credit sequences and ever-expanding lore. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Meet Mei Lee, a dorky 13-year-old torn between remaining a dutiful daughter to her overprotective mother and the chaos of adolescence. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That Leonard is better suited to Sandra seems obvious until Michelle takes him out for the night, and this shlumpy, melancholic man dives onto the dance floor to show off some dorky but ambitious moves. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "As the cheerfully dorky best friend of Greg, the titular wimpy kid, Rowley emanates inborn self-acceptance\u2014a pointed contrast to Greg\u2019s flailing efforts to become the coolest boy in middle school. \u2014 Julian Towers, The New Yorker , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1970, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "dim-witted",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "stupid",
      "thick",
      "thick-witted",
      "thickheaded",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212139",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dormancy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being dormant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "some volcanoes have eruptive cycles marked by long stretches of dormancy",
      "a fighting force that could be roused instantly from dormancy to action",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This match was somewhat of a reclamation project for Cora Jade, who was featured in the bug cage dive after weeks of losing and dormancy . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The timing was disastrous for sites where vulnerable grape buds were emerging from winter dormancy . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Only one percent of mink breeders in Denmark applied for dormancy compensation, while the vast majority of them consider closing their business, revealed the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "One of those areas of interest is in in reaching big, live crowds at sports events, concerts and the like, after a period of dormancy spurred by the recent coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The commission\u2019s dormancy also has caught the attention of Supreme Court justices who have raised concerns about the body\u2019s inability to fulfill its responsibilities. \u2014 Deanna Paul, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "However, the rules under CAA have not been notified yet, leaving the law in a state of dormancy . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
      "Chang says violence toward Asian Americans occurs in cycles punctuated by dormancy . \u2014 Ashley Vaughan, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Note that when dormancy ends, grass leaves that have turned brown won't revive, but new leaves will appear. \u2014 Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-m\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abeyance",
      "cold storage",
      "deep freeze",
      "doldrums",
      "holding pattern",
      "latency",
      "moratorium",
      "quiescence",
      "suspended animation",
      "suspense",
      "suspension"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214008",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dormant":{
    "antonyms":[
      "awake",
      "sleepless",
      "wakeful",
      "wide-awake"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": asleep , inactive":[
        "dormant creatures"
      ],
      ": associated with, carried out, or applied during a period of dormancy":[
        "dormant grafting"
      ],
      ": being in a state of suspended animation":[],
      ": having biological activity suspended: such as":[],
      ": having the faculties suspended : sluggish":[],
      ": marked by a suspension of activity: such as":[],
      ": not actively growing but protected (as by bud scales ) from the environment":[
        "\u2014 used of plant parts"
      ],
      ": represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws":[],
      ": temporarily devoid of external activity":[
        "a dormant volcano"
      ],
      ": temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated":[
        "seeds will remain dormant until spring",
        "reawaken her dormant emotions"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The seeds will remain dormant until the spring.",
      "Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most tree-ring records are blind to what happens in winter, when the trees are dormant . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
      "Many channels of communication between the Cuban and U.S. governments, on issues such as the environment, human trafficking and law enforcement, are dormant . \u2014 Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "The agency said Friday that one of the two fires, the Calf Canyon Fire, was ignited by a pile burn holdover from January that was dormant under the surface before reemerging in April. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 28 May 2022",
      "There is a bill that would remove the ban, which has lain dormant in a legislative committee for months. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "National City\u2019s cruising culture lay dormant for decades. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022",
      "Explosions could also happen as Russia reaches deeper into its strategic reserves of munitions, deploying missiles and artillery that have long lain dormant in military warehouses. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "The Arcade reopened in 2021 after three decades of lying dormant . \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "In late summer, let the bulb go dormant , cut off the foliage, and don\u2019t water until November. \u2014 Jada Jackson, House Beautiful , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, fixed, stationary, from Anglo-French, from present participle of dormir to sleep, from Latin dormire ; akin to Sanskrit dr\u0101ti he sleeps":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dormant latent , dormant , quiescent , potential mean not now showing signs of activity or existence. latent applies to a power or quality that has not yet come forth but may emerge and develop. a latent desire for success dormant suggests the inactivity of something (such as a feeling or power) as though sleeping. their passion had lain dormant quiescent suggests a usually temporary cessation of activity. the disease was quiescent potential applies to what does not yet have existence or effect but is likely soon to have. a potential disaster",
    "synonyms":[
      "asleep",
      "dozing",
      "napping",
      "resting",
      "sleeping",
      "slumbering"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031226",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dors-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": back":[
        "dors ad"
      ],
      ": dorsal and":[
        "dorso lateral"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin dors- , from Latin dorsum":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204044",
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ]
  },
  "dorsad":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": toward the back : dorsally":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1803, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022f(\u0259)r-\u02ccsad",
      "\u02c8d\u022fr-\u02ccsad"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192849",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "dorsal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": abaxial":[],
      ": an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar":[],
      ": relating to or situated near or on the back especially of an animal or of one of its parts":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For king salmon, a notch is made in their adipose fin, the small fin on their backs between their large, dorsal fin and their tail. \u2014 Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press , 23 Oct. 2017",
      "For king salmon, a notch is made in their adipose fin, the small fin on their backs between their large, dorsal fin and their tail. \u2014 Keith Matheny, USA TODAY , 23 Oct. 2017",
      "Every white cap is a head sticking out of the water, every piece of flotsam is a dorsal fin. \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 21 Sep. 2017",
      "Late at night, the ids of his callers and guests flash like dorsal fins. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2017",
      "Also called suckerfish, their strong grip comes from an adhesive disk made from a modified dorsal fin on the fish\u2019s head. \u2014 Science | AAAS , 20 Sep. 2017",
      "The hook goes through the bridge of the nose, or in just behind the dorsal fin. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, AL.com , 10 Sep. 2017",
      "In rats, for example, females typically have less-dense receptors in the dorsal hippocampus, which is involved in memory, than do males. \u2014 Alison Gopnik, WSJ , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "A dorsal fin would have looked less out of place in the photo than a vehicle. \u2014 Amy B Wang, Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But sometimes hooking a minnow just under the dorsal fin or at the tail triggers strikes from more finicky crappies. \u2014 Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "The prefrontal cortex is involved in decision making; the dorsal periaqueductal gray area processes painful and aversive events. \u2014 Cody A. Siciliano, The Conversation , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "The relatively small dorsal fin belies the humpback\u2019s size. \u2014 Jason Nark, National Geographic , 13 Mar. 2019",
      "Restylane\u00ae Lyft with Lidocaine is also intended for injection in the dorsal hand to correct volume loss. \u2014 Vogue , 1 Apr. 2019",
      "Among the brain\u2019s many pain-producing patterns, however, there is only one region that is consistently active at a high level: the dorsal posterior region of the insula. \u2014 Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker , 9 May 2016",
      "Arctic grayling males are more colorful than their female counterparts and sport a much longer dorsal fin. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2018",
      "To add support for the dual origin hypothesis, Dr. Linz said, evolution would have had to fuse a structure on the dorsal region of the segment and one from the pleural tissue. \u2014 Asher Elbein, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "Conversely, Willamette chinook may be longer and a bit leaner, with less dorsal brilliance. \u2014 Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com , 29 Mar. 2018"
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      "1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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      "Late Latin dorsalis , from Latin dorsum back":"Adjective"
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      ": the margin of the fold of blastula wall that delineates the dorsal limit of the blastopore, constitutes the primary organizer, and forms the point of origin of chordamesoderm":[]
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      "1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": most nearly dorsal":[]
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      ": any of numerous small, nocturnal, furry-tailed Old World rodents (family Myoxidae synonym Gliridae) that live mainly in trees and resemble small squirrels":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The dormouse , of course, was the biggest of all the creatures. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "Their world seems like our own but then, when a dormouse is offered as a snack, becomes almost carnivalesque. \u2014 James Romm, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "The edible dormouse is listed as threatened in all those countries. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Animals , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "Choose from a seven- or 11-piece collection, both of which include a tea pot, two or four cups with saucers, a creamer holder, and yes, a sugar bowl fit for a dormouse . \u2014 Nicole Briese, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Research has also revealed strange delicacies \u2014 such as dormouse , which would have been stuffed with pork and served as a starter \u2014 as well as the remnants of Mediterranean diet stalwarts: olives, nuts, figs, dates, lentils. \u2014 Meara Sharma, New York Times , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "Typhlomys, also known as the soft-furred tree mouse or Chinese pygmy dormouse , is around three inches long and sports a white-tufted tail longer than its body. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Smithsonian , 23 Mar. 2017",
      "No doubt there is somewhere a Hatter holding a tea party with a dormouse . \u2014 Henry Porter, vanityfair.com , 1 Feb. 2017",
      "Australian model Duckie Thot stars as Alice, alongside Adwoa Aboah as Tweedledee and Lupita Nyong\u2019o as a dormouse . \u2014 Sarah Spellings, The Cut , 20 July 2017"
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      "Middle English dormowse , perhaps from Anglo-French dormir + Middle English mous mouse":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052158"
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      ": a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work":[]
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      ": the one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and consists of sensory fibers":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nociceptors\u2014and other sensory neurons\u2014live in discreetclusters, found just outside the spinal cord, called dorsal root ganglia (DRG). \u2014 Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American , 22 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": an opening in the mid-dorsal part of nearly every segment in many earthworms by which the body cavity is placed in communication with the exterior and which is believed to permit moistening of the body surface with coelomic fluid for lubrication and to facilitate respiration":[]
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