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
Her gift, from Muscleman Mickey Hargitay: a finny new pink Cadillac.
From Time Magazine Archive
Celebrities Gypsy Rose Lee, John Gary and Sam Snead are among the aficionados who set out with hook, lure and spear to capture the finny ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
By broadcasting intermittently at a popular shark frequency, a sound projector could provide a moored ship with an effective finny barrier against enemy frogmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fish must have been pretty hungry in that Canadian lake, or else the “bought” lure that Phil had fetched along with him had some magical properties about it to attract the finny denizens.
From Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds by Boone, Silas K.
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