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caudal peduncle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
cau-dal pe-dun-cle
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The narrow part of a fish's body to which the caudal or tail fin is attached. Its proportions, such as the length and breadth, and attached organs, such as spines of surgeonfishes or caudal keels and finlets of Scombridae often are important in descriptions of fish species.

Inflected Forms

caudal peduncles (plural)

Questions

What does caudal peduncle mean?
The narrow part of a fish's body to which the caudal or tail fin is attached. Its proportions, such as the length and breadth, and attached organs, such as spines of surgeonfishes or caudal keels and finlets of Scombridae often are important in descriptions of fish species.

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