Usually means: Fin on top of fish.
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  1. dorsal fin: Merriam-Webster
  2. dorsal fin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dorsal fin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dorsal fin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dorsal fin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dorsal fin, Dorsal fin: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. dorsal fin: Wiktionary
  8. dorsal fin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dorsal fin: Dictionary.com
  10. Dorsal fin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dorsal fin: Rhymezone
  12. dorsal fin: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dorsal fin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dorsal fin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dorsal fin: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dorsal Fin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dorsal fin)

▸ noun:  A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.

Similar:
ventral fin, backfin, caudal fin, abdominal fin, tailfin, shark fin, pelvic fin, finspine, anal fin, sailfin, more...

Opposite:
ventral fin, belly fin, abdominal fin

Types:
homocercal, heterocercal, spinous, soft-rayed, more...

Adjectives:
finny, perciform, shortfin, finned, thunniform, longjaw, pikey, tet, anacanthous, phocine, pinniped

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Similar:
ventral fin, backfin, caudal fin, abdominal fin, tailfin, shark fin, pelvic fin, finspine, anal fin, sailfin, more...

Opposite:
ventral fin, belly fin, abdominal fin

Types:
homocercal, heterocercal, spinous, soft-rayed, more...

Adjectives:
finny, perciform, shortfin, finned, thunniform, longjaw, pikey, tet, anacanthous, phocine, pinniped



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