nageoire

Definitions of nageoire
  1. noun
    a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
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    type of:
    chaussure, soulier
    footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
  2. noun
    organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
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    types:
    nageoire dorsale
    unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance
    type of:
    appendice
    an external body part that projects from the body
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