adjective
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poetic relating to or containing many fishes
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having or resembling a fin or fins
Etymology
Origin of finny
Example Sentences
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“Dory was so finny that the other fish almost dried themselves laughing.”
From Washington Post
And of all the Sirens and Scyllas seen by all the storm-tossed mariners, she was the first and only daughter of her finny race to serve as Neptune's permanent, peaceful ambassador to the footed world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her gift, from Muscleman Mickey Hargitay: a finny new pink Cadillac.
From Time Magazine Archive
There wasn't time to savor the moment; immediately those finny brutes hit again and again in what the locals call the "Withlacoochee magic hour."
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as a matter of personal curiosity I figured up the cost of this precious member of the finny tribe from far-away Japan.
From Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. Coup
Chrysler will be finnier than ever, with tails that zoom up, out and rearward; Cadillac's fins will be higher, the car itself lower and slightly wider.
From Time Magazine Archive
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