Homocercal Fin Definitions

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Homocercal : ایک جیسے کنارے والی , Heterocercal Fin : مچھلی کی دم , Heterocercal : مچھلی کی دم , Humpback : کبڑا پن , Coccyx : دمچی کی ہڈی , Scoliosis : ریڑھ کی خمیدگی , Crookback : کبڑا , Tenderloin : گوشت کا نرم و نازک ٹکڑا , Vertebra : انسان کی ریڑھ کی ہڈی کا ہر جوڑ , Craniate : کھوپڑی والا جانور , Acanthopterygii : خاردار مچھلی , Air Bladder : مچھلی کے جسم کا حصہ , Dipnoi : ایک خاص قسم کی مچھلی جو گلپھڑے استعمال کیے بغیر بھی سانس لے سکتی ہے , Medulla Spinalis : ریڑھ کی ہڈی , Carassius Auratus : سنہری مچھلی , Symmetrically : تناسب کے ساتھ , Bilateral Symmetry : دو طرفیت , Irregular : ناہموار , Equator : خط استواء , Actinomorphic : ستارہ شکل , Kaleidoscope : سیر بین , Ossify : ہڈی بننا , Clove : لال پھولوں والا ایک درخت , Cnidarian : آبی جانور , Rawboned : لاغر , Socket : کھانچا , Deep-Eyed : دھنسی ہوئی آنکھیں , Skull : کھوپڑی , Teleost : عظمی مچھلی , Horn : سینگ , Osteophyte : ہڈی کا ابھار

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Homocercal: of a fish tail : having the upper and lower lobes approximately symmetrical and the vertebral column ending at or near the middle of the base.

Heterocercal Fin: a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks.

Heterocercal: possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe.

Humpback: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column.

Coccyx: the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes.

Scoliosis: an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column.

Crookback: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.

Tenderloin: the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column.

Vertebra: one of the bony segments of the spinal column.

Craniate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium.

Acanthopterygii: teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays.

Air Bladder: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy.

Dipnoi: bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii.

Medulla Spinalis: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region.

Carassius Auratus: small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes.

Symmetrically: in a symmetrical manner.

Bilateral Symmetry: the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane.

Irregular: (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical.

Equator: a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts.

Actinomorphic: capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis.

Kaleidoscope: an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors.

Ossify: become bony.

Clove: moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.

Cnidarian: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms.

Rawboned: having a lean and bony physique.

Socket: a bony hollow into which a structure fits.

Deep-Eyed: characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.

Skull: the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates.

Teleost: a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.

Horn: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates.

Osteophyte: small abnormal bony outgrowth.