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Propterygium
The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes
Protocercal
Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes diphycercal
Pterygopodium
A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs which serves as a copulatory organ or clasper
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Redfin
A small North American dace Minnilus cornutus or Notropis megalops The male in the breeding season has bright red fins Called also red dace and shiner Applied also to Notropis ardens of the Mississippi valley
Rorqual
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale Physalus antiquorum or Balaelignoptera physalus It has a dorsal fin and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly Called also razorback
Rudd
A fresh water European fish of the Carp family Leuciscus erythrophthalmus It is about the size and shape of the roach but it has the dorsal fin farther back a stouter body and red irises Called...
Homacanth
Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical and in the same line said of certain fishes
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law. The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to...
Cote, or cot
Cote, or cot [fr. Koti, Fin.], cottage.
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...
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