Ab*dom"i*nal (#), a. [Cf. F. abdominal.]

1.

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

2. Zool.

Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.

Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.

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Ab*dom"i*nal, n.; E. pl. Abdominals, L. pl. Abdominales.

A fish of the group Abdominales.

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