abdominal

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
• Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
• Ventral, in describing a fin.
• Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

Noun

• A fish of the order Abdominales.
• An abdominal muscle.

Related

Similar words

• ventral
• Cypriniformes.

Origin

• First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Equivalent to abdomen + -al. Compare French abdominal.