On 2014-10-07 22:54, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> ...
>> while the 'pectoral fins' are morphologically analogous to replacing the
>> legs of a human at the acetabulum of the pelvis with a dolphin's forelimbs.
>
> Shouldn't they be properly called pelvic fins, then?
Aye. That's why I put it in quotes. I use the term 'pectoral fin'
purely because their shape and skeletal structure most resembles that
part of a dolphin.
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Tim Cook
http://empyrean.sjcook.com
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