homocercal fin

1. 1.

   symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes

   Antonymsheterocercal fin

   Broadertail fin

Questions about homocercal fin

What does homocercal fin mean?

homocercal fin means "symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes".

What is the opposite of homocercal fin?

The recorded antonyms are heterocercal fin.

Is homocercal fin a common word?

homocercal fin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.