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PRONUNCIATION OF PECTORAL FIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PECTORAL FIN

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Pectoral fin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PECTORAL 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 pectoral fin in the English dictionary

The definition of pectoral fin in the dictionary is either of a pair of fins, situated just behind the head in fishes, that help to control the direction of movement during locomotion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PECTORAL FIN

pectineal
pectines
pectinesterase
pectinous
pectisable
pectisation
pectise
pectizable
pectization
pectize
pectolite
pectoral
pectoral arch
pectoral girdle
pectoral muscle
pectoralis major
pectoralis minor
pectorally
pectoriloquy
pectose

WORDS THAT END LIKE PECTORAL FIN

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

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

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Translation of «pectoral fin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PECTORAL FIN

Find out the translation of pectoral fin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pectoral 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 «pectoral fin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胸鳍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aleta pectoral
570 millions of speakers

English

pectoral fin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाती पर का कवच पंख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزعنفة الصدرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грудной плавник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barbatana peitoral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেকারাল ফিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nageoire pectorale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sirip dada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brustflosse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

胸びれ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가슴 지느러미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sirip pektoral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vây ngực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூட்டு வலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छातीच्या पंखाचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göğüs yüzgeci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pinna pettorale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płetwy piersiowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грудної плавник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fin pectoral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θωρακικό πτερύγιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

borsvin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bröstfenan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brystfinnen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pectoral fin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PECTORAL FIN»

The term «pectoral fin» is normally little used and occupies the 112.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PECTORAL FIN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PECTORAL FIN»

Discover the use of pectoral fin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pectoral fin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Laboratory Fish
The teleostean pectoral girdle is a robust structure with a broad-based attachment site for the pectoral fin (Figure 6.3). The main body of the girdle (i.e. the dermal 'secondary girdle', so-called as it is assumed to have evolved after the 'primary' ...
Gary Kent Ostrander, 2000
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The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor, Volume 4: The ...
Ompok bimaculatus articular 1L, cleithrum 1R, dentary 2L - Wallago sp. pectoral fin spine 1R - Monopterus albus articular 1R, cleithrum 1R, basihyal1 e3 5:1 feature 2 - Siluridae pectoral fin spine 1R e3 4:9 - Anabas testudineus lacrimal 1L  ...
Charles Higham, A. Kijngam, 2011
3
Locomotor Neural Mechanisms in Arthropods and Vertebrates
27 B. L. Roberts, S. J. B. Timerick and D. H. Paul Circuits for vestibular control of pectoral fin muscles in dogfish A vestibular-driven control system has a set of requirements in fishes which are different from those in terrestrial animals, on which ...
David M. Armstrong, Brian M. H. Bush, 1991
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Take the next radius from the snout tip of the fish to the lateral-line origin, and the third radius from the pectoral-fin origin to the lateral-line origin. The intersection of these three radii on the paper will locate the lateral-line origin. Next, draw the ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
5
Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, ...
Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle, Mechanical Pectoral Fin, Elastic, Pneumatic Actuator, Flexible Micro Actuator, Passive Flexible Fin, Finite Element Method 1 Introduction Lindsey(1978) classified swimming modes offish into body and/or ...
Naomi Kato, Shinji Kamimura, 2008
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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to ...
Distal third of pectoral fin bright yellow and sharply demarcated from remainder of fin in adults; posterior naris about twice size of anterior naris; gill rakers on first arch 24 to 27 Mycteroperca venenosa p. 171 23b. Pectoral fin of adults with ...
John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, 2006
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The Sharks of North America
First dorsal fin origin well behind pectoral fin rear margins when laid back (by a distance equal to the pectoral fin base, a shark ... First dorsal fin origin over or close to a perpendicular over pectoral fin rear margins (skin denticles on the flanks ...
Jose I. Castro, 2011
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The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor: Volume V: the ...
Clarias sp. pectoral fin spine 40l, 27R, jugal 1l, 2R, opercular 3R, dentary 4l, 4R, articular 2R, supraorbital 4l, 4R, cleithrum 7l, 5R, coracoid 6l, 3R, derm-ethmoid 4 , urohyal 3, supraoccipital 1, sphenotic 1l, 1R , post-temporal 1R, ...
Charles Higham, Ampham Kijngam, 2012
9
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
DIAGNOSIS. Contusus with moderately long caudal peduncle, the dorsal and anal fins ending well short of caudal fin base; snout short; lower border of eye level with dorsal part of pectoral fin base; sides of body with brownish-grey spots,  ...
10
Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation
undulatory and oscillatory pectoral fin motions. Through fin-removal studies he inferred the importance of the pectoral and pelvic fins in resisting rotational instabilities of the body. Magnan (1930) also performed a careful analysis of hovering ...
Brian K. Hall, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PECTORAL FIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pectoral fin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
7 steps to clean trout
1) With the cutting edge of the knife turned towards the tail, insert the knife through the fish just below and slightly behind the pectoral fin. 2) Smoothly extend ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Jul 15»
2
Zapruder's Surf Film
Watching that big pectoral fin breach then roll on top of Mick, there seemed only to be one inevitable conclusion, and it wasn't going to be a ... «Surfer Magazine, Jul 15»
3
New fish species discovered in Kerala
“It is characterised by the longer pectoral fin, shorter dorsal fin, unusually elongated dorsal spine, longer head, lesser number of lateral line ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»
4
The fine art of the fillet
He cuts a crescent behind the pectoral fin up through the fish's head. Then on each side of the fish's midline from the top of the crescent cut he ... «The Telegram, Jul 15»
5
Six tips for keeping fish or bait livelier in livewells or bait tanks
The weight is clipped to the fish's pectoral fin, making it ride upright in the livewell. Add ice. Adding ice cools the bait tank or livewell water and ... «North Carolina Sportsman, Jul 15»
6
Boaters warned as whales gather in Northern California
Onlookers at San Francisco's Land's End one day saw eight to 10 humpbacks just a mile offshore — pectoral fin slapping, lob tailing and both ... «The Southern, Jul 15»
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Officials Search for Entangled Humpback Whale Off Jersey Shore
We think the rope its attached to its pectoral fin. The Buoy is 20 feet back from its tail and can only be seen when the whale dives. If you do see ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Jul 15»
8
It's a shark's world and we're swimming in it
Sharks are a group of fish categorized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits that are on the sides of the head, and a pectoral fin that ... «Cape Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Possible shark at Martinique Beach alarms hundreds
... they lie on their side on the surface of the water and their one pectoral fin flops in the air, and it looks like a shark fin," Bondrup-Nielsen says. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Whales' feeding frenzy at Farallones a feast for the eyes
In addition, onlookers at Land's End saw eight to 10 humpbacks just a mile offshore — pectoral fin slapping, lob tailing and both singular and ... «SFGate, Jul 15»

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