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.
finless
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a word derived from
fin.
Example Sentences
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The goal now is to stop the Yangtze finless river porpoise - 1,200 of which remain in the wild, according to current estimates – from suffering the same fate.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
The government says excessive fishing has brought stocks down to perilously low levels and put endangered species under threat, including China’s last surviving river mammal, the Yangtze finless porpoise.
From Reuters ● Dec. 19, 2019
Nine years ago he participated in an enthralling documentary, "Musica Surfica," with Derek Hynd, the phenomenal Australian surfer who has pioneered the finless phenomenon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2016
“But for him to do that on a 16-foot, finless board was incredible,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
But because the profile of that hump and the knuckles which follow it are often not very prominent in this species, it has been classified with the finless big whales.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
