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24 Feb 2020
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“Dorsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorsal. Accessed 3 Apr. 2020.
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The first known use of dorsal was in 1727
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