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finned

[ find ]

adjective

  1. having fins.


finned

/ fɪnd /

adjective

  1. having one or more fins or finlike parts


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Word History and Origins

Origin of finned1

First recorded in 1300–50, finned is from the Middle English word finnede. See fin 1, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

A flash of silver through the air, then a puff of wind, and a red-finned, black-backed roach of about 8-oz.

The shell is finned, as shown at G, to provide greater heat radiating surface.

This plug will be furnished either with or without the finned portion, to meet individual requirements.

He was a shovel-nosed, big-finned yellow shark, weighing about five hundred pounds.

Vermilion-finned and with eyes of bossy gold, the tunnies went by in shoals, but he heeded them not.

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