VENTRAL FIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ventral fin mean? 

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

1. either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENTRAL FIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pelvic fin; ventral fin

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

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