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PECTORAL FIN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pectoral fin mean?

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

1. either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement

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

Dictionary entry details

• PECTORAL FIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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