Usually means: Bone supporting fins in fish.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cleithrum)

noun:  (ichthyology) A large bone in fishes, which extends upward from the base of the pectoral fin and anchors to the cranium above the gills, forming the posterior edge of the gill chamber.

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