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 spine and are supported only by muscles. Fish fins are distinctive anatomical...

(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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...