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VENTRAL FIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ventral fin mean?
• VENTRAL FIN (noun)
The noun VENTRAL FIN has 1 sense:
1. either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
Familiarity information: VENTRAL FIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
pelvic fin; ventral fin
Hypernyms ("ventral fin" is a kind of...):
fin (organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals)
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