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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.

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• DORSAL FIN (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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