adipose fin

English

Noun

adipose fin (plural adipose fins)

1. (ichthyology) 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.

Translations

a soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish

• Finnish: rasvaevä (fi)
• Galician: aleta adiposa (gl) f
• Japanese: 脂鰭 (あぶらびれ, aburabire)
• Russian: жирово́й плавни́к m (žirovój plavník)
• Spanish: aleta adiposa f
• Turkish: yağ yüzgeci (tr)

References

• “adipose fin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “adipose fin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• adipose fin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• saponified