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adipose fin

adipose fin noun: a soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.

Noun

adipose fin (plural adipose fins)

  1. A soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.

adipose fin meaning in Tamil and Kannada

adipose fin in Tamil

கொழுப்புத் சேர்ந்திருக்கும், கொழுவியத் துடுப்பு, துடுப்பு

adipose fin in Kannada

ಕೊಬ್ಬುಯುಕ್ತ ಈಜುರಕ್ಕೆ

Forms of adipose fin

pluraladipose fins

Questions about adipose fin

What does adipose fin mean?
Adipose fin means a soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.
What is adipose fin in Tamil?
Adipose fin in Tamil is கொழுப்புத் சேர்ந்திருக்கும், கொழுவியத் துடுப்பு, துடுப்பு. See Adipose fin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adipose fin?
Adipose fin is a noun.
What is the plural of adipose fin?
The plural of adipose fin is adipose fins.

Words near adipose fin in the dictionary

  1. adipopexia
  2. adipopexis
  3. adipophilin
  4. adipophillin
  5. adipose
  6. adipose fin
  7. adipose fins
  8. adipose tissue
  9. adipose tissues
  10. adiposeness
  11. adiposes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adipose fin (page history and authors); adipose fin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adipose fin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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