Definition of "ventralis" []

• In ichthyology, a ventral fin. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The fir engraver beetle (Scolytus ventralis), a member of the bark beetle family, causes high mortality in white fir stands."
• "For example, some early olive orchards in southern California, USA, suffering from black scale insects were treated with a kerosene spray. 25 Comparisons between sprayed and unsprayed orchards found that sprayed orchards continued to have high populations of black scale, and no benefical predators, while unsprayed ones had less black scale and much greater numbers of the black scale predatory beetle, Rhizobius ventralis."
• "The loss of the tail of this fragile creature may render an opinion a little dubious, but it is supposed to be an ophias aureus of Dandin, corresponding to the Anguis ventralis of Linn, figured by Catesby."