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dorsal fin
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dorsal fin
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Noun
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dorsal
fin
(
plural
dorsal fins
)
A fin located on the backs of
fish
and some marine
mammals
.
Translations
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fin on a marine animal's back
Catalan:
aleta dorsal
f
Chinese:
Mandarin:
背鰭
(zh)
,
背鳍
(zh)
(
bèiqí
)
Dutch:
rugvin
(nl)
f
Finnish:
selkäevä
(fi)
French:
nageoire dorsale
f
Galician:
aleta dorsal
(gl)
f
German:
Rückenflosse
(de)
f
Icelandic:
bakuggi
m
Irish:
eite droma
m
Japanese:
背鰭
(
せびれ, sebire
)
Javanese:
siwar
(jv)
Maori:
urutira
Polish:
płetwa grzbietowa
f
Portuguese:
nadadeira
/
barbatana
dorsal
f
Russian:
спинно́й плавни́к
m
(
spinnój plavník
)
Southern Altai:
арка канат
(
arka kanat
)
Spanish:
aleta dorsal
f
Ukrainian:
спинний плавець
m
(
spynnyj plavets’
)