fin
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"With its fin immersed into the cell membrane, it rides along the inner surface and swiftly detoxifies lipid peroxides as it goes."
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
The catalog begins with fin de siècle Europe, when the emergence of mass publishing began to lead to a firmer distinction between subordinate illustrators and visionary fine artists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The excavation comes after another fin whale stranded on the Cornish coast on Monday.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
Based on Larson’s research, he writes his nonfiction like a novel, chockablock full of weird and wondrous details of Chicago at the fin de siècle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
He had seen the second fin now coming up behind the first and had identified them as shovel-nosed sharks by the brown, triangular fin and the sweeping movements of the tail.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing fin
Marine Biology - Introductory
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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