"dorsal fin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dorsal fins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dorsal fin (plural dorsal fins)
  1. A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals. Wikipedia link: dorsal fin Categories (topical): Ichthyology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (fin on a marine animal's back): rugvin (Afrikaans), aleta dorsal [feminine] (Catalan), 背鰭 (Chinese Mandarin), 背鳍 (bèiqí) (Chinese Mandarin), 脊鰭 (Chinese Mandarin), 脊鳍 (jǐqí) (Chinese Mandarin), rygfinne [common-gender] (Danish), rugvin [feminine] (Dutch), selkäevä (Finnish), nageoire dorsale [feminine] (French), aleta dorsal [feminine] (Galician), Rückenflosse [feminine] (German), Finne [feminine] (German), bakuggi [masculine] (Icelandic), eite droma [masculine] (Irish), 背鰭 (sebire) (alt: せびれ) (Japanese), siwar (Javanese), 등지느러미 (deungjineureomi) (Korean), urutira (Maori), ryggfinne [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ryggfinne [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), płetwa grzbietowa [feminine] (Polish), nadadeira dorsal [feminine] (Portuguese), barbatana dorsal [feminine] (Portuguese), спинно́й плавни́к (spinnój plavník) [masculine] (Russian), арка канат (arka kanat) (Southern Altai), aleta dorsal [feminine] (Spanish), ryggfena [common-gender] (Swedish), ครีบหลัง (Thai), sırt yüzgeci (Turkish), спинний плавець (spynnyj plavecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vây lưng (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "fin on a marine animal's back",
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