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Definition of Pelvic fin
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Pelvic fin
1. Noun. (ichthyology) Either of a pair of fins on either side and towards the rear of a fish. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelvic Fin
Literary usage of Pelvic fin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"pelvic fin ; v. J. ventral fin. (After Day.) Including the Cat-fishes or ...
pelvic fin ; t>./. / and 2, ventral fins. (After Cuvier.) or jugular. ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"His main argument is based on the fact that a variable but often considerable
number of the spinal nerves in front of the pelvic fin are united, ..."
3. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"The skeleton of the pelvic fin consists of a long, more or less curved rod of
... Draw the pelvic fin and girdle. The pectoral girdle is a U-shaped ..."
4. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"The skeleton of the pelvic fin consists of a long, more or less curved rod of
... Draw the pelvic fin and girdle. The pectoral girdle is a U-shaped ..."
5. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1883)
"4.—Eight pelvic fin of specimen 1. .. •">.—-Left pelvic fin of specimen 1.
„ 6.—Left pelvic fin of specimen 2. „ 7.—Eight pelvic fin of specimen 2. ..."
6. Colorado College Studies. by Colorado College (1890)
"In the Bazine specimen: the body; a pectoral and a pelvic fin, both practically
complete; part of the lower lobe of the caudal fin; an imprint of the dorsal ..."