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finny

[fin-ee]
adjective, fin·ni·er, fin·ni·est.
  1. pertaining to or abounding in fish.
  2. having fins; finned.
  3. finlike.
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Origin of finny

First recorded in 1580–90; fin1 + -y1
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Examples from the Web for finny

Historical Examples

  • Our success was greater with the finny, than was that of any exquisite with the fair tribe.

    Rattlin the Reefer

    Edward Howard

  • A whale differs also in many other respects from the finny tribe proper.

    Due West

    Maturin Murray Ballou

  • It was the most delectable of all the finny genus, superior even to the pompano.

    Blacksheep! Blacksheep!

    Meredith Nicholson

  • In two of them he found some fish, so dense was the finny multitude.

    Creatures of the Abyss

    Murray Leinster

  • Are they simply a poetical transfiguration of finny forms of the flood?

British Dictionary definitions for finny

finny

adjective -nier or -niest
  1. poetic relating to or containing many fishes
  2. having or resembling a fin or fins
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Word Origin and History for finny

adj.

1580s, from fin + -y (2).

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