dorsal fin

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dorsal fin

The main fin located on the back of fishes and certain marine mammals.

dorsal fin

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates: maintains balance during locomotion

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

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

Translations

dorsal fin

n → Rückenflosse f

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Amia calva bowfin Carcharhinus Carcharinus longimanus dogfish dorsal Elasmobranchii family Triakidae genus Carcharhinus grampus grayling Grindle John Dory killer whale king of the herring lancet fish lancetfish oarfish oceanic whitetip shark			Kidd could see the finger of the dial stand up dark against the sky like the dorsal fin of a shark and the vain moonlight clinging to that idle clock. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context Great slate-colored backs and high serrated dorsal fins shot up with a fringe of silver, and then rolled down into the depths again. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			Doroteo Arango Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lynde Dix Dorotheanthus Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Dorothy Dorothy Dix Dorothy Dixer Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Parker Dorothy Rothschild Parker Dorothy Sayers dorp Dorpat Dorr Dorrfly Dorrhawk dors- dorsa dorsad dorsal dorsal fin dorsal horn dorsal root dorsal scapular vein dorsal vertebra Dorsal vessel Dorsale Dorsally Dorse Dorsel Dorser Dorset Dorset Down Dorset Horn Dorsey dorsi- dorsibranchiata Dorsibranchiate dorsiferous dorsiflexion dorsigrade Dorsimeson Dorsiparous dorsiventral dorso- dorsolateral			dorsal column system dorsal column system Dorsal columns Dorsal columns Dorsal Common Digital Vein Dorsal condyle of the humerus dorsal cornu dorsal cornu dorsal cornu Dorsal Cortex of the Inferior Colliculus dorsal decubitus dorsal decubitus dorsal decubitus position dorsal digital artery dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital nerve dorsal digital nerve of foot dorsal digital vein dorsal digital vein of toe dorsal direction dorsal direction dorsal direction dorsal direction Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate Dorsal Excitatory Type 2 Dorsal External Oblique 1 dorsal fin Dorsal fin ray Dorsal fin ray Dorsal fins Dorsal fins dorsal flexure dorsal flexure dorsal flexure dorsal funiculus dorsal funiculus dorsal funiculus dorsal horn dorsal horn dorsal horn dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal impaction syndrome dorsal inertia posture Dorsal Intercalated Segment Instability Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament Capsulodesis Dorsal interossei Dorsal interossei muscles (foot) Dorsal interossei muscles (hand) Dorsal interossei of the foot Dorsal interossei of the hand dorsal interosseous muscle of foot dorsal interosseous muscle of hand Dorsal interosseous nerve Dorsal Interosseus dorsal interventricular artery

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