单词 | anal fin |
释义 | > as lemmasanal fin anal fin n. an unpaired fin on the underside of the body in fishes, posterior to the anus. ΚΠ 1769Anal fin [see sense A. 1]. 1839 C. Darwin Let. 14 Oct. in Corr. (1986) II. 228 I might easily have confounded ventral & anal fins. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xiii. 106 The Swordtails... The male is distinguished by a..spiky development of the anal fin, which serves as an intromittent pairing organ. 2002 New Scientist 29 June 42/3 The fish, found downstream from a paper mill, had mysteriously developed an enlarged anal fin. < as lemmas |
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