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pelvic fin

noun

(in fishes) either of a pair of fins on the lower surface of the body, corresponding to the hind limbs of a land vertebrate; ventral fin.

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Origin of pelvic fin

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby pelvic fin

pelvic diaphragm, pelvic direction, pelvicephalography, pelvicephalometry, pelvic fascia, pelvic fin, pelvic floor, pelvic-floor exercises, pelvic ganglion, pelvic girdle, pelvic inflammatory disease
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British Dictionary definitions for pelvic fin

pelvic fin

noun

either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle of fishes that help to control the direction of movement during locomotion
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