fin
noun
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
are finning
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present progressiveof fin.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Some are finning and rising occasionally at the grass edges; others poke nose-down in the aquatic weeds, grubbing for scuds.
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