thrust by moving fins back and forth in water. Often the tail fin is used, but some aquatic animals generate thrust from pectoral fins. Fins can also generate...

FINS may refer to: Factory Interface Network Service, a network protocol. Fire Island National Seashore, a United States National Seashore that protects...

from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only by muscles. Fish fins are distinctive anatomical...

The yellowfin tuna also has two dorsal fins Haddocks have three dorsal fins Billfish have prominent dorsal fins. Like tuna, mackerel and other scombroids...

A finial (from Latin: finis, end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. In architecture...

built fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called lepidotrichia, as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of...

by the shark finning practice. Traditional shark fin soup or stew is made with fins obtained from a variety of shark species. Raw fins are processed...

Finning is a Canadian industrial equipment dealer specializing in Caterpillar products. It is responsible for selling, renting and providing parts and...

(International Association for Development of Apnea): dynamic with fins (DYN) and dynamic without fins (DNF). Both disciplines require breath held dives where the...

Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other...

Look up Fin, fin, fín, FIN, Fín, Fin., fiń., Fins, or fins in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fin is an appendage used to produce lift and thrust or...

Grid fins (or lattice fins) are a type of flight control surface used on rockets and bombs, sometimes in place of more conventional control surfaces,...

Swimfins, swim fins, diving fins, or flippers are finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs or hands and made from rubber, plastic, carbon fiber or combinations...

derived from these fins. Sarcopterygians also possess two dorsal fins with separate bases, as opposed to the single dorsal fin in ray-finned fish. The braincase...

or tool to secure the fins has been eliminated; the fins now simply lock into the plugs. Secondly, the leading edge of the fin resides inside the plug...

rail fins (a "twin-fin"), two rail fins plus a similar-sized central fin mounted further back (e.g. a "Thruster"), or four fins (a "quad"). Rail fins are...

port before removing the fins. Shark finning increased since 1997 largely due to the increasing demand for shark fins for shark fin soup and traditional cures...

Fin.K.L (Korean: 핑클) is a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media in 1998 consisting of members Lee Hyori, Ock Joo-hyun, Lee Jin, and Sung Yu-ri....

Look up yellowfin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yellow-fin may refer to one of the following species of fish: Yellowfin bream, several fishes in...

Shark fin or Shark Fin may refer to: The fins of a shark Shark fin soup, a soup made with shark fins Shark fin medicinals as quackery Shark Fin, a peak...

departments in South-West France, just north of Bordeaux. Fins Bois is regarded as producing fine (fins) quality eaux-de-vie – though ranked behind those listed...

Fin Garden (Persian: باغ فین Bagh-e Fin) is a historical Persian garden located in Kashan, Iran. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the...

also possessed fins. Nautiluses and the more familiar incirrate octopuses lack swimming fins. An extreme development of the cephalopod fin is seen in the...

is generally found more often on the dorsal fin, pectoral fins, and flukes. Other barnacles found on fin whales include the acorn barnacle Coronula reginae...

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of the tunnel. As the name suggests, it is shaped like a tunnel. Tunnel fins were first used by Richard Deese and Bob Bolen (also known as the Greek)...

line of "fins to the left, fins to the right" by extending their arms above their heads in a fin shape and moving them from left to right. Fin and shark...

The Fin is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Golden Age Fin has elements of both the...

when in formation. Fin buffeting is a critical issue for fighter aircraft with twin or single fins because the fatigue life of the fin structure is reduced...

Constant weight without fins (CNF) is an AIDA International (International Association for Development of Apnea) freediving discipline in which the freediver...