adipose fin

English

Noun

adipose fin (plural adipose fins)

(ichthyology) A soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin.

Translations

a soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish

Finnish: rasvaevä (fi)
Japanese: 脂鰭 (あぶらびれ, aburabire)

Russian: жирово́й плавни́к m (žirovój plavník)
Spanish: aleta adiposa f

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