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The Norwegian municipalities of Fedje and Herøy have oars in their coat-of-arms.
Oars have been used to describe various animals with characteristics that closely resemble the said rowing implement. The members of the Family Regalecidae, elongated deep-sea fishes, are called oarfish because their body shape is similar to that of an oar. The hawksbill turtle's genus of Eretmochelys is derived from the Latin root eretmo, which roughly translates to oar. The turtle was so-named because of the oar-like shape of its front flippers.
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