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caudal fin vs heterocercal fin

heterocercal fin vs caudal fin

caudal fin and heterocercal fin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caudal fin Yes No No No
heterocercal fin Yes No No No
As nouns, heterocercal fin is a hyponym of caudal fin; that is, heterocercal fin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than caudal fin:
  • caudal fin: the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
  • heterocercal fin: a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks
Other hyponyms of caudal fin include homocercal fin.
caudal fin (noun) heterocercal fin (noun)
the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks
Difference between caudal fin and heterocercal fin

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