DORSAL FIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dorsal fin mean? 

• DORSAL FIN (noun)
  The noun DORSAL FIN has 1 sense:

1. unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance

  Familiarity information: DORSAL FIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DORSAL FIN (noun)

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Meaning:

Unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dorsal fin" is a kind of...):

fin (organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals)