either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement
pectoral fin
| ... is a Kind of: pectoral fin |
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 | hypercoracoid (vertebrate zoology) |
| hypocoracoid (vertebrate zoology) |
| pectoral fin |
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