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Definition of Caudal fin
1. Noun. The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates.
Generic synonyms: Fin
Specialized synonyms: Heterocercal Fin, Homocercal Fin
Group relationships: Fish
Definition of Caudal fin
1. Noun. The tailfin of a fish and other aquatic vertebrates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caudal Fin
Literary usage of Caudal fin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"... as to dipnoi—in the shape of the caudal fin and its supports, which are scarcely
more ... caudal fin ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"45106 (3663) has the caudal region and the caudal fin wanting. ... From the fork
of the caudal fin to the front of the dorsal is 107 mm. ..."
3. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1899)
"The under surface of the caudal fin was also of the same yellowish white, ...
1 1 From posterior insertion of dorsal tin to medial notch of caudal fin . ..."
4. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"caudal fin either slightly excavated or convex mesially and slightly hollowed
laterally. Lower Cretaceous of Istria, Dalmatia, Southern Italy, ..."
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