English Explanatory Dictionary

pterygiophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the bones in a fish that support the dorsal fin. There are two to three of them: proximal, middle, and distal. In spinous fins the distal is often fused to the middle or not present at all.

Word forms

pterygiophore pterygiophores

Etymology

From pterygium + -phore.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary