Fin
Definition of Fin
Pronunciation: fĭn | v. t. | 1. | To carve or cut up, as a chub. | | n. | 1. | End; conclusion; object. | | 1. | (Zool.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. | | 2. | (Zool.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. | | 3. | (Com.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin | | 4. | (Mech.) A feather; a spline. | | 4. | A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. | | 5. | (Aëronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship. |
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Filose
Filoselle
Fils
Filter
Filter bed
Filter gallery
filter-tipped
Filtering paper
Filth
Filth disease
Filthily
Filthiness
Filthy
Filtrate
Filtration
Fimble
Fimbria
Fimbriate
Fimbriated
Fimbricate
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Fin de siecle
Fin keel
Fin ray
Fin whale
Fin-footed
Fin-toed
Finable
finagle
Final
Final cause
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Finale
finalisation
Finalist
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finalize
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Finance
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