dorsal fin

noun

A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.

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Meanings

noundorsal fin (plural dorsal fins)

plural dorsal fins

  1. A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.

Translations

Afrikaans rugvin
  • rugvinfin on a marine animal's back
Catalan aleta dorsal
  • aleta dorsalfin on a marine animal's back
Chinese Mandarin 背鰭 /背鳍, 脊鰭 /脊鳍
  • 背鰭 /背鳍 (bèiqí)fin on a marine animal's back
  • 脊鰭 /脊鳍 (jǐqí)fin on a marine animal's back
Danish rygfinne
  • rygfinnefin on a marine animal's back
Dutch rugvin
  • rugvinfin on a marine animal's back
Finnish selkäevä
  • selkäeväfin on a marine animal's back
French nageoire dorsale
  • nageoire dorsalefin on a marine animal's back
German Rückenflosse, Finne
  • Rückenflossefin on a marine animal's back
  • Finnefin on a marine animal's back
Icelandic bakuggi
  • bakuggifin on a marine animal's back
Irish eite droma
  • eite dromafin on a marine animal's back
Japanese 背鰭
  • 背鰭 (sebire)fin on a marine animal's back
Korean 등지느러미
  • 등지느러미 (deungjineureomi)fin on a marine animal's back
Māori urutira
  • urutirafin on a marine animal's back
Norwegian Bokmål ryggfinne
  • ryggfinnefin on a marine animal's back
Polish płetwa grzbietowa
  • płetwa grzbietowafin on a marine animal's back
Portuguese nadadeira dorsal, barbatana dorsal
  • nadadeira dorsalfin on a marine animal's back
  • barbatana dorsalfin on a marine animal's back
Russian спинно́й плавни́к
  • спинно́й плавни́к (spinnój plavník)fin on a marine animal's back
Spanish aleta dorsal
  • aleta dorsalfin on a marine animal's back
Swedish ryggfena
  • ryggfenafin on a marine animal's back
Thai ครีบหลัง
  • ครีบหลังfin on a marine animal's back
Turkish yele, sırt yüzgeci
  • yelefin on a marine animal's back
  • sırt yüzgecifin on a marine animal's back
Ukrainian спинний плавець
  • спинний плавець (spynnyj plavecʹ)fin on a marine animal's back
Vietnamese vây lưng
  • vây lưngfin on a marine animal's back
Cite this entry
APA

dorsal fin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsal%20fin

MLA

“dorsal fin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsal%20fin. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorsal fin,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsal%20fin.

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