pectoral fin
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n.
Either of the anterior pair of fins attached to the pectoral girdle of fishes, corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement
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- mesopterygium (vertebrate zoology)
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