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axillary process
(English) Bony splint at base of pelvic fin. A modified, usually elongated, scale (or group of scales) present at the upper or anterior base of the pectoral or ventral fins in some bony fishes. (See also: scale, pelvic fins)
processus axillaire
(French) Éclisse osseuse à la base de la nageoire pelvienne. Une écaille (ou un groupe des écailles) modifié, habituellement étiré, située à la base supérieure ou antérieure des nageoires pectorales ou ventrales chez quelques poissons osseux. (See also: scale, pelvic fins)
escama axilar
(Portuguese) Escudo ósseo na base das barbatanas pélvicas, nomeadamente nos Sparidae. (See also: scale, pelvic fins)

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