Usually means: Supports, steers, propels fish underwater.
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  1. pectoral fin: Merriam-Webster
  2. pectoral fin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pectoral fin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pectoral fin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pectoral fin: Vocabulary.com
  6. pectoral fin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Pectoral fin, Pectoral fin, Pectoral fin: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. pectoral fin: Wiktionary
  9. pectoral fin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pectoral fin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pectoral fin: Dictionary.com
  12. Pectoral fin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. pectoral fin: Rhymezone
  14. pectoral fin: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pectoral fin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pectoral fin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pectoral fin)

▸ noun:  (ichthyology) Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.

Similar:
pelvic fin, pectoral, abdominal fin, ventral fin, hindfin, ichthyopterygium, dorsal fin, forefin, anal fin, backfin, more...

Opposite:
abdominal fin, pelvic fin, ventral fin

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Similar:
pelvic fin, pectoral, abdominal fin, ventral fin, hindfin, ichthyopterygium, dorsal fin, forefin, anal fin, backfin, more...

Opposite:
abdominal fin, pelvic fin, ventral fin



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