snout length
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Snout — For other uses, see Snout (disambiguation). Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) snout showing flehmen … Wikipedia
snout machine — noun : a boring machine or mill in which the cutting tools are carried directly by the spindle without the interposition of a boring bar and the spindle is supported along its entire length by a projecting boss … Useful english dictionary
standard length — the measurement from the most anterior tip of the body to the midlateral posterior edge of the hypural plate (in fish with a hypural plate) or to the posterior end of the vertebral column (in fish lacking hypural plates). It may be restricted to… … Dictionary of ichthyology
fork length — The length of a fish measured as the distance between the tip of the snout and the most anterior point of the fork or V of the tail … Fisheries — dictionary
disk length — the length from the snout tip to the posteriormost margin of the pectoral fin in Rajiformes … Dictionary of ichthyology
preclavus length — a measure of length in juvenile Molidae where a true caudal fin is absent, runs from tip of snout to base of pseudocaudal rays … Dictionary of ichthyology
fork length — the distance from the most anterior point of the body (usually the snout even when the lower jaw projects) to the deepest point of the fork in the caudal fin. Abbreviated FL. Mostly used in fishery biology and not in systematics … Dictionary of ichthyology
notochord length — the distance from the snout tip to the posterior tip of the notochord. Abbreviated as NL … Dictionary of ichthyology
predorsal length — the distance from the dorsal origin to the anteriormost tip of the head (the lip, snout or lower jaw) … Dictionary of ichthyology
tip length — the distance from the snout to the tip of the tail … Dictionary of ichthyology
