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PRONUNCIATION OF ADIPOSE FIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADIPOSE FIN

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Adipose fin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ADIPOSE FIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fish fin

Fish fins are the most distinctive features of a fish, composed of bony spines protruding from the body with skin covering them and joining them together, either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as seen in sharks. Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fins have no direct connection with the spine and are supported by muscles only. Their principal function is to help the fish swim. Fins located in different places on the fish serve different purposes, such as moving forward, turning, keeping an upright position or stopping. Most fish use fins when swimming, flying fish use pectoral fins for gliding, and frogfish use them for crawling. Fins can also be used for other purposes; male killifish use a modified anal fin to deliver sperm, the thresher shark use its tail fin to stun prey, the reef stonefish has spines in its dorsal fin that inject venom, and triggerfish squeeze into coral crevices to avoid predators, and lock themselves in place with their spines.

Definition of adipose fin in the English dictionary

The definition of adipose fin in the dictionary is a posterior dorsal fin occurring in some fish, such as those of the salmon and catfish families.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADIPOSE FIN

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Adichie
Adie
adieu
adieux
Adige
adios
adipic acid
adipocere
adipocerous
adipocyte
adipose
adiposis
adiposity
adipous
Adiprene
adipsia
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondacks
adit

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADIPOSE FIN

anal fin
bluefin
bowfin
caudal fin
coffin
dorsal fin
elfin
fin
griffin
liquid paraffin
McGuffin
muffin
paraffin
pectoral fin
pelvic fin
puffin
redfin
serafin
tiffin
ventral fin

Synonyms and antonyms of adipose fin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «adipose fin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADIPOSE FIN

Find out the translation of adipose fin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adipose fin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adipose fin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脂鳍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aleta adiposa
570 millions of speakers

English

adipose fin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वसा पंख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زعنفة الدهنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жировой плавник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nadadeira adiposa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোটা fin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nageoire adipeuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sirip adipose
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fettflosse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脂びれ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지방 지느러미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adipose fin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mỡ vây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொழுப்பு அமிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिप्राचीन्य पंख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yağ emici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pinna adiposa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płetwa tłuszczowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жировий плавець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adipos fin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιπώδους πτερυγίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adipose vin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fettfena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adipose fin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adipose fin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADIPOSE FIN»

The term «adipose fin» is normally little used and occupies the 140.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADIPOSE FIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adipose fin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adipose fin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adipose fin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADIPOSE FIN»

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Tree squirrel - water ...
(20 cm) DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Pale yellowish to silvery body color, frequently nearly transparent; about 10 dark spots in row along midline of back, 10 to 1 1 spots along lateral line, row of spots high on sides above lateral line; adipose fin;  ...
‎2002
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Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum: Physostomi: ...
Adipose fin exceedingly smoll or absent ; laterol line without bony shields : South American. * The cleft of the mouth extends to, or to below, the eye. Adipose fin present ; barbels two 72. Aoexiosus, p. 191. Adipose fin present ; barbels four, ...
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, 1864
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Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum
Adipose fin exceedingly small or absent ; lateral line without bony shields : South American. * The cleft of the mouth extends to, or to below, the eye. Adipose fin present ; barbels two 72. Aoenioscs, p. 191. Adipose fin present ; barbels four, ...
Albert C. L. G. Günther, 1864
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Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia (The)
This key is based on colour patterns, especially the size and shape of the lateral parr marks, the stippling pattern on the adipose fin, and markings on the dorsal fin. Keep in mind that these traits change and with size, age, habitat. For example  ...
J. D. McPhail, 2007
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Inland Fishes of California
Parr marks 8-9, adipose fin of live fish plain; no row of pale round spots along lateral line . . brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 8b. Parr marks 10-12, adipose fin of live fish orange; row of pale round spots along lateral line . . brown trout, Salmo  ...
Peter B. Moyle, 1976
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The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname
25-a Adipose fin broadly connected with caudal fin; caudal fin lanceolate with upper lobe much better developed than lower lobe; anal fin with 20-22 rays Heptapterus bleekeri 25-b Adipose fin entirely free from caudal fin or separated from it ...
Jan H.A. Mol, 2012
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Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America ...
LEAST MADTOM Noturus htidebrandi M228, p. 203 White or clear adipose fin ( except dark blotch extends onto fin on individuals from s. MS). Small teeth on front edge of short pectoral spine. N. h. lautus is strongly bicolored; has shorter head.
Lawrence M. Page, Brooks M. Burr, 2011
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A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes: North America
Adipose fin. Size: Small to medium. SNAKEFISH Trachinocephalus myops p. 81 Snout blunt, mouth very oblique. Dark opercular spot. Next 3 species: Pelvic fin squarish, 9-rayed. Teeth in bands. SHORTJAW LIZARDFISH Saurida normani p.
C. Richard Robins, G. Carleton Ray, 1999
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Adipose Fin The adipose fin is short and very short based. The length of its base and its height should be established by trian- gulation and the fin sketched from Figure 21-14. Fin and head measurements. The dots with the solid arrows ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
10
Fishes of Arkansas (p)
Noturus eleutherus Jordan Mountain Madtom CHARACTERS A small, moderately robust madtom with a very flattened head and with an adipose fin high and nearly free posteriorly from the caudal fin. Lower jaw included. Premaxillary Noturus ...
Henry W. Robison Thomas M. Buchanan

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADIPOSE FIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adipose fin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gear up for another great summer season of salmon
In the course of 20 minutes we landed one king and two hatchery coho (only hatchery-marked coho with a missing adipose fin may be kept), ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
2
Hot weather leads to changes in fish management
Steelhead must be hatchery adipose fin-clipped to be kept, and all sockeye regardless of size, must be recorded as adults on the ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
3
Outdoors: Fin-tastic salmon action on Lake Michigan
Any chinook caught with an intact adipose fin is a naturally reproduced salmon, likely from Michigan's west shore rivers or Lake Huron's ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Fishing report: Slow start for kings, but plenty of other options
Anglers are allowed to retain hatchery king salmon, which are identifiable by a healed scar where the adipose fin has been clipped. «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jul 15»
5
Salmon fishing extended in lower Columbia River through July
The total daily limit is two adult salmon/steelhead (only one can be a chinook though). Only steelhead must be adipose fin-clipped. All sockeye ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
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Nisqually fishing has new restrictions
“During our selective fisheries,” Smith said, “all chinook of any size with an adipose fin must be released. This year's tangle net schedule is one ... «Eatonville Dispatch, Jun 15»
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Bristol Bay Salmon Camp: 'Can We Eat The Fin?'
Once Westnegee is finished measuring the fish, Powell cuts off a small fin towards the tail of the fish, known as the adipose fin. It's a marker so ... «Alaska Public Radio Network, Jun 15»
8
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Columbia River fishing reports
Weekly checking showed five adipose fin-clipped adult summer Chinook kept, plus two unclipped adult summer Chinook released for 58 ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
9
Summer salmon camps get underway
After the examination is over, Fish and Game cuts off a small fin towards the tail of the fish, known as the adipose fin. It's a marker so the ... «KDLG, Jun 15»
10
Fishing report: Reds rush to the Russian
Hatchery king salmon are recognized by the missing adipose fin and healed fin clip scar. Recent emergency orders have restored the seasonal ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jun 15»

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