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An alternative to this hold, as seen in the photo above, is to put a thumb firmly behind one pectoral fin with the other pectoral between the index and second finger.
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
The fish’s pectoral fins grew abnormally, and fluorescence appeared along both their leading and trailing edges, which showed that the skate’s enhancer was driving hoxa expression in both parts of the fin.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2023
Grip them around the back of the head placing your thumb and forefinger on the back side of each pectoral fin.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
Make your first cut behind the pectoral fin or gill cover, angling the tip of the knife slightly toward the head.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
Pumping blood from the dorsal spines into the pectoral fins pushes the fins outward from the body, and pumping blood from one side of the tail to the other and back again results in a swimming motion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2019
On Monday, the marine biologist went to the beach to get some measurements of the shark and found that someone had taken its tail, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, and the shark's teeth.
—Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
Next, as if aware of an audience, the humpback rolled on its side and flapped a pectoral fin to splash the water.
—Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
Other scans revealed the delicate bones of its pectoral fin.
—New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
The fish’s pectoral fins grew abnormally, and fluorescence appeared along both their leading and trailing edges, which showed that the skate’s enhancer was driving hoxa expression in both parts of the fin.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2023
Grip them around the back of the head placing your thumb and forefinger on the back side of each pectoral fin.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
Make your first cut behind the pectoral fin or gill cover, angling the tip of the knife slightly toward the head.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
Pumping blood from the dorsal spines into the pectoral fins pushes the fins outward from the body, and pumping blood from one side of the tail to the other and back again results in a swimming motion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2019
On Monday, the marine biologist went to the beach to get some measurements of the shark and found that someone had taken its tail, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, and the shark's teeth.
—Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
Next, as if aware of an audience, the humpback rolled on its side and flapped a pectoral fin to splash the water.
—Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
Other scans revealed the delicate bones of its pectoral fin.
—New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
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1715, in the meaning defined above
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“Pectoral fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pectoral%20fin. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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pectoral fin
noun
: either of a pair of fins of a fish that correspond to the front limbs of a four-footed animal compare pelvic fin
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