"pectoral fin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pectoral fins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pectoral fin (plural pectoral fins)
  1. (ichthyology) Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head. Wikipedia link: pectoral fin Categories (topical): Ichthyology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (fin located on each side of a fish): borsvin (Afrikaans), aleta pectoral [feminine] (Catalan), 胸鰭 (Chinese Cantonese), 胸鳍 (english: hung¹ kei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 胸鰭 (Chinese Mandarin), 胸鳍 (xiōngqí) (Chinese Mandarin), borstvin [feminine] (Dutch), rintaevä (Finnish), nageoire pectorale [feminine] (French), Brustflosse [feminine] (German), 胸鰭 (munabire) (alt: むなびれ) (Japanese), pakihawa (Maori), грудной плавник /grudnój plavník/ [masculine] (Russian), aleta pectoral [feminine] (Spanish), bronasgell [feminine] (Welsh), asgell ddwyfronnol [feminine] (Welsh)

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