Threadfin

//ˈθɹɛdfɪn// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
  2. 2
    mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays wordnet

Etymology

From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.

Related phrases

African blackspot threadfinArabian blackspot threadfinAtlantic threadfinAustralian threadfinIndian sevenfinger threadfinIndian threadfinJavanese threadfinPersian blackspot threadfinSheridan's threadfinblack-finned threadfinblackspot threadfineightfinger threadfin

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