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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Fin

'Fin' refers only to the upper fin of a shark/fish or the sides as well?
  

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You have answered yourself: there is an upper fin or dorsal fin, a lower fin or ventral fin, a pair of pectoral fins and a tail fin (some fishes may vary from the stated quantities).

— Mister Micawber

  • You have answered yourself: there is an upper fin or dorsal fin, a lower fin or ventral fin, a pair of pectoral fins and a tail fin (some fishes may vary from the stated quantities).
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You have answered yourself: there is an upper fin or dorsal fin, a lower fin or ventral fin, a pair of pectoral fins and a tail fin (some fishes may vary from the stated quantities).
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A fish has many fins. The upper fin is called a 'dorsal fin', the sides could be 'pelvic fins' and 'pectoral fins', there is also the 'tail fin' and the 'caudal fin'. My third grader nephew is studying this in their science class this time. They didn't teach those during my time.
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