chân vây

Hải cẩu dùng chân vây để bơi lội trong làn nước xanh.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Flipper (in zoology): A limb adapted for swimming, especially in aquatic animals like seals, sea lions, and walruses. It is a flat, broad limb resembling a fin.
   • Pinniped (as a taxonomic group): Refers to animals belonging to the order Pinnipedia, characterized by their flippers. This meaning is often used in the compound form "bộ chân vây" (order Pinnipedia).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hải cẩu sử dụng đôi chân vây mạnh mẽ để bơi dưới nước. (The seal uses its powerful flippers to swim underwater.)
  • Bộ chân vây bao gồm các loài như hải cẩu, sư tử biển và voi biển. (The order Pinnipedia includes species such as seals, sea lions, and walruses.)

Advanced Usage

• "bộ chân vây": A scientific/zoological term for the order Pinnipedia.
  • Các nhà khoa học nghiên cứu về tập tính của bộ chân vây. (Scientists study the behavior of pinnipeds.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vây (n): Fin (of a fish).
• Chân chèo (n): Another term for a paddle-like limb; can sometimes be used similarly in a less technical context.

Synonyms

• Vây bơi: Swimming fin (a more descriptive synonym).
• Chi dạng vây: Fin-shaped limb (a technical synonym).

Notes on Meaning

• The primary meaning of "chân vây" is the physical flipper of an aquatic mammal.
• When used in the compound "bộ chân vây", it refers to the taxonomic group (Pinnipedia) itself. This is a distinct, specialized usage of the term.