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a small, fleshy fin, usually lacking rays, behind the main dorsal fin in trouts, catfishes, and other bony fishes.
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Adipose fin — Adipose Ad i*pose (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [1913 Webster] {Adipose fin} (Zo[ o]l.), a soft boneless fin. {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adipose fin — a small fleshy fin lacking rays or spines but reinforced by actinotrichs posterior to the soft dorsal fins (rarely a hard ray or a few soft rays may be developed in the adipose fin of certain catfishes), e.g. in Salmonidae, Osmeridae,… … Dictionary of ichthyology
adipose fin — noun A soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin … Wiktionary
adipose fin — /ædəpoʊs ˈfɪn/ (say aduhpohs fin) noun a finlike projection, fleshy and lacking rays, behind the dorsal fin, as in the trout and salmon …
adipose fin — noun Zoology a small, rayless, fleshy dorsal fin present in certain fishes, notably in the salmon family … English new terms dictionary
adipose fin — noun : a soft fleshy rayless modification of the posterior dorsal fin found in certain fishes (as salmons, characins, and typical catfishes) … Useful english dictionary
Adipose — Ad i*pose (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [1913 Webster] {Adipose fin} (Zo[ o]l.), a soft boneless fin. {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adipose tissue — Adipose Ad i*pose (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [1913 Webster] {Adipose fin} (Zo[ o]l.), a soft boneless fin. {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ventral adipose fin — a fin before the anal fin on the belly … Dictionary of ichthyology
adipose clip — removal of the adipose fin in a hatchery reared fish, indicating that it contains a coded wire tag, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
