finlet
[ fin-lit ]
/ ˈfɪn lɪt /
noun
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
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Words nearby finlet
finlander, finlandia, finlandization, finlandize, finlay, finlet, finletter, finley, finmark, finn, finn.
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Example sentences from the Web for finlet
Each of the peculiar dorsal spines is primitively a single spine, not a finlet of several pieces, as some have suggested.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan