The ray has a dorsoventrally flattened body.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : the dorsoventral axis.    From Dictionary.com. 

It has a distinctive subvertical, dorsoventrally elongate naris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference

Hovasaurs are basal diapsids with long, webbed feet and dorsoventrally expanded tails.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life's Time Capsule: The Long Road to Failure] Reference

With a dorsoventrally mobile back and huge, long-toed feet, Ambulocetus appears suited for competent movement on land, but probably swam by powerful up-and-down oscillation of the back and paddling with the hindlimbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference

They are dorsoventrally flattened and their carapace has been widened to cover most of their appendages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

The gastralia are elongate and gently curved, with an elliptical, dorsoventrally compressed cross section.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

This condition differs from the relatively anterioposteriorly short and dorsoventrally tall dorsal centra of.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The distal phalanx is elongate and paddle-shaped, with a flat proximal articulation and a rounded dorsoventrally compressed body.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The neural arches of D8-D10 are dorsoventrally subequal to slightly taller than their respective centra, similar to the conformation in.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The parapophyses are elliptical in outline and dorsoventrally taller than long, with their long axis inclined dorsally and posteriorly.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The large mandibular foramen leading to the mandibular canal is mediolaterally narrow and dorsoventrally deep (depth estimated as 7 cm).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

During this period the spiral cleavage pattern gives way to a bilaterally symmetric, dorsoventrally polarized pattern of mitotic timing and geometry.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

(A) Morphogenetic transformation of the rotationally symmetric spiralian embryo to a dorsoventrally polarized juvenile animal, as inferred from fate-mapping and other descriptive studies.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The above described transformation of the spiral-cleaving embryo into a dorsoventrally polarized animal depends on an early intercellular signal that patterns the ectoblast along a secondary axis, orthogonal to the original (AV) axis of polarity.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The epiparietals and episquamosals bordering the edge of the parietal-squamosal frill are initially diminutive before expanding to larger, taller equilateral triangular bones, and later in ontogeny, flatten dorsoventrally and elongate as they merge with the edge of the frill.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference