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Fin meaning
One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
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The most common type (referred to above) has a row of scales beginning at the front of the dorsal fin and ending at the end of the dorsal fin (along both sides of the fin).
Fin Drew, who has just turned 10, started ‘Fin’s Sweet Treats’ after hearing his mum and dad discuss business around the dinner table.
Fin’s mom describes their style as “Dumpster Fairy” and if Fin’s a Dumpster Fairy, I’m a Trash Inspector with an addiction to online shopping.
It came from salmon farms: 60% from Norway, 40% from Chile, Atlantic, hybrid salmon raised fin-to-fin in floating pens, essentially fishnet jails, combination kitchens and toilets, where farmed salmon spend their brief, congested lives.
Guest artistes for the evening were Biggar-based accordionist Fin Hope and his trio, comprising of Fin with Tom Gold playing fiddle and Jim Gold on piano.
The NYS DEC shares that the bowfin has "a shorter anal fin and a rounded tail fin".
The hatchery fish is missing a dorsal adipose fin — a small, nubby fin that should be near the tailfin on the top of its body.
Bill Deihm of Honeybrook, PA trolled ballyhoo on spreader bars just south of the Baltimore Canyon and brought back yellow fin and blue fin tuna.
As far as known for most catfish, features that are often characteristic of species such as mouth and fin positions, fin shapes, and barbel lengths show little difference between juveniles and adults.
A synonymous expression in French is fin du fin. ; crème fraîche : lit. "fresh cream," a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as sour cream and does not curdle.
Cod have a distinct white lateral line running from the gill slit above the pectoral fin, to the base of the caudal or tail fin.
Finlets are found between the last dorsal and/or anal fin and the caudal fin.
Generating thrust Foil shaped fins generate thrust when moved, the lift of the fin sets water or air in motion and pushes the fin in the opposite direction.
In particular, the fins immediately upstream of the caudal (tail) fin may be proximate fins that can directly affect the flow dynamics at the caudal fin.
Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a broad space from the eye, a single dorsal fin with strong spines and soft rays, a short anal fin, long pointed pectoral fins and rather large firmly attached scales.
The dorsal fin forms at convert, the anal fin at about convert—the ventral fins are visible and the tail becomes well forked at 30 to convert— at about convert the larva begins to look like a herring.
The fixed fin keel is most commonly found on modern cruising yachts worldwide but some are still built with twin 'bilge' keels or with lifting fin keels which retract into the yacht's hull.
The position of the tailplane relative to the fin(s) and the shape of the fin are other attributes.
These animals rely on their well-developed flippers and tail fin to propel themselves through the water; they swim by moving their fore-flippers and tail fin up and down.
A “Baby Shark” bath toy has been recalled in Canada because its plastic fin may cause lacerations.