dorsal fin

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32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rugvin — fin on a marine animal's back
• Southern Altai: арка канат (arka kanat) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Catalan: aleta dorsal — fin on a marine animal's back
• Chinese Mandarin: 背鰭 /背鳍 (bèiqí) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Chinese Mandarin: 脊鰭 /脊鳍 (jǐqí) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Danish: rygfinne — fin on a marine animal's back
• Dutch: rugvin — fin on a marine animal's back
• Finnish: selkäevä — fin on a marine animal's back
• French: nageoire dorsale — fin on a marine animal's back
• Galician: aleta dorsal — fin on a marine animal's back
• German: Rückenflosse — fin on a marine animal's back
• German: Finne — fin on a marine animal's back
• Icelandic: bakuggi — fin on a marine animal's back
• Irish: eite droma — fin on a marine animal's back
• Japanese: 背鰭 (sebire) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Javanese: siwar — fin on a marine animal's back
• Korean: 등지느러미 (deungjineureomi) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Māori: urutira — fin on a marine animal's back
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryggfinne — fin on a marine animal's back
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ryggfinne — fin on a marine animal's back
• Polish: płetwa grzbietowa — fin on a marine animal's back
• Portuguese: nadadeira dorsal — fin on a marine animal's back
• Portuguese: barbatana dorsal — fin on a marine animal's back
• Russian: спинно́й плавни́к (spinnój plavník) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Spanish: aleta dorsal — fin on a marine animal's back
• Swedish: ryggfena — fin on a marine animal's back
• Lower Tanana: -yenht'wga' — fin on a marine animal's back
• Thai: ครีบหลัง — fin on a marine animal's back
• Turkish: yele — fin on a marine animal's back
• Turkish: sırt yüzgeci — fin on a marine animal's back
• Ukrainian: спинний плавець (spynnyj plavecʹ) — fin on a marine animal's back
• Vietnamese: vây lưng — fin on a marine animal's back