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FINS may
refer to:
Factory Interface Network Service, a
network protocol. Fire
Island National Seas****, a
United States National Seas**** that protects...
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thrust by
moving fins back and
forth in water.
Often the tail
fin is used, but some
aquatic animals generate thrust from
pectoral fins.
Fins can also generate...
- from the tail or
caudal fin, fish
fins have no
direct connection with the back bone and are
supported only by muscles. Fish
fins are
distinctive anatomical...
- The
yellowfin tuna also has two
dorsal fins Haddocks have
three dorsal fins Billfish have
prominent dorsal fins. Like tuna,
mackerel and
other scombroids...
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built fins made of
webbings of skin
supported by
radially extended thin bony
spines called lepidotrichia, as
opposed to the bulkier,
fleshy lobed fins of...
- by the
shark finning practice.
Traditional shark fin soup or stew is made with
fins obtained from a
variety of
shark species. Raw
fins are processed...
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Finning is a
Canadian industrial equipment dealer specializing in
Caterpillar products. It is
responsible for selling,
renting and
providing parts and...
- A
finial (from Latin: finis, end) or hip-**** is an
element marking the top or end of some object,
often formed to be a
decorative feature. In architecture...
- (International ****ociation for
Development of Apnea):
dynamic with
fins (DYN) and
dynamic without fins (DNF). Both
disciplines require breath held
dives where the...
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Pelvic fins or
ventral fins are
paired fins located on the
ventral (belly)
surface of fish, and are the
lower of the only two sets of
paired fins (the other...