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finlet

[ fin-lit ]

/ ˈfɪn lɪt /

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noun

a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.

Nearby words

finlandia, finlandization, finlandize, finlay, finlay, carlos juan, finlet, finletter, finley, finmark, finn, finn.

Origin of finlet

First recorded in 1870–75; fin¹ + -let

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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