: either of the fins of a fish that correspond to the forelimbs of a quadruped
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Recent Examples on the WebNext, 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 The misshapen right pectoral fin and scars on the mottled many-shades-of-gray skin of one narwhal looked familiar. Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021 In one video, Gauna captured a shark with a pectoral fin bent at a right angle from an injury, like a broken wing. Joe Mozingo, oregonlive, 16 May 2021 In one video, Gauna captured a shark with a pectoral fin bent at a right angle from an injury, like a broken wing. Joe Mozingo, oregonlive, 16 May 2021 In one video, Gauna captured a shark with a pectoral fin bent at a right angle from an injury, like a broken wing. Joe Mozingo, oregonlive, 16 May 2021 In one video, Gauna captured a shark with a pectoral fin bent at a right angle from an injury, like a broken wing. Joe Mozingo, oregonlive, 16 May 2021 In one video, Gauna captured a shark with a pectoral fin bent at a right angle from an injury, like a broken wing. Joe Mozingo, oregonlive, 16 May 2021 See More