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ventral fin
(encz) | ventral fin, n: |
ventral fin
(wn) | ventral fin
n 1: either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in
fishes that help control the direction of movement;
correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate [syn: {pelvic
fin}, ventral fin] |
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Ventral fins
(gcide) | Ventral \Ven"tral\, a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly;
perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.]
1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or
ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal;
abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root
of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal,
etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.
(b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a
creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed
to dorsal.
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Ventral fins (Zool.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish.
They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes
beneath the throat.
Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loop, n., 5.
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