dorsal fin

Related Words

• Dorsal

  ·adj Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. II. Dorsal ·adj Pertaining to the ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fin

  ·noun A feather; a spline. II. Fin ·noun A blade of whalebone. III. Fin ·noun End; conclusion; obj...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fin

  An arm. A one finned fellow; a man who has lost an arm. SEA PHRASE. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fin

  [Anglo-Saxon, Finn]. A native of Finland; those are Fins who live by fishing. We use the whole for...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fin keel

  ·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fin-footed

  ·adj Having palmate feet. II. Fin-footed ·adj Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fin-toed

  ·adj Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• long-fin

  n. name given to the fish Caprodonschlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthiaslongimanus, ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• caudal fin

  The vertical median fin terminating the tail of fishes. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fin-back

  See finner. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fin-whale

  See finner. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ventral fin

  The posterior pair of fins under the body of fishes, corresponding to the hind legs of terrestrial q...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fin de siecle

  ·add. ·- Lit., end of the century; — mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• die on the fin, to

  An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...

  The Sailor's Word-Book