"adipose fin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adipose fins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adipose fin (plural adipose fins)
  1. (ichthyology) A soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function. Categories (topical): Ichthyology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (a soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish): rasvaevä (Finnish), aleta adiposa [feminine] (Galician), 脂鰭 (aburabire) (alt: あぶらびれ) (Japanese), жирово́й плавни́к (žirovój plavník) [masculine] (Russian), aleta adiposa [feminine] (Spanish), yağ yüzgeci (Turkish)

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