Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dorsal_vertebra

1 sense of dorsal vertebra

Sense 1
thoracic vertebra, dorsal vertebra -- (one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra)
       => vertebra -- (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)