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(Biology) A part or organ, such as an arm, leg, tail, or fin, that is joined to the axis or trunk of a body.
A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder, that interacts with a flow of air to provide stability, rotation, lift, or thrust.
Relating to or on the back or upper surface of an animal.
A lantern-shaped cupola on the roof of a medieval building for admitting air and providing for the escape of smoke.
(Short for, Informal) quintuplet
(Figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
A large, flat, paddlelike rubber device worn on each foot by a swimmer or skin diver to increase the force of the kick
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Physical assistance; help:
(Textiles) A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.
(Automotive) A fin like projection at the rear of a car, common on American cars of the 1950s.
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The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.
A V-engine having eight cylinders.
(Music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
One of five offspring born in a single birth.
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A group of five.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
break-water
To rise up partially out of the water when swimming underwater
pentarchy
Government by five persons.
Find another word for fin. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fin, like: tailplane, appendage, airfoil, dorsal, louver, quint, finned, wingtip, arm, flipper and hand.
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