Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Hypural — Hy*pu ral, a. [Pref. hypo + Gr. ? tail.] (Anat.) Under the tail; applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hypural crease — hypural notch … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural fold — hypural notch … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural — one of the flattened, fused bony haemal spines fanning out at the base of the caudal fin and bearing caudal rays. Amia has 10 hypurals, Salmo 7 but in most teleosts the number is reduced or fused into a single structure, the urostyle, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural — hy·pu·ral … English syllables
hypural notch — the crease formed when the caudal fn is bent or flexed … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural plate — the series of bones supporting the caudal fin … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural spine — hypurapophysis … Dictionary of ichthyology
hypural joint — noun The joint between the caudal fin of a fish and the last of its vertebrae … Wiktionary
morphometric character — a measurement of a body part, e.g. head length; a character based on measurement. In fish, measurements are taken on a straight line basis, not around the curve of the body with the exception of such measurements specifically intended to measure… … Dictionary of ichthyology
