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Dorsal

Dorsal means the upper surface of an organism. For example, the dorsal view of a butterfly would be viewing the insect from above:

Illustration of a dorsal view of an adult female butterfly

Insects within a reference collection are commonly mounted so that their dorsal surface is visible.

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