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
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
It eschews the finny ostentation of the '50s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
What an array of finny monsters!—rock-fish, large as halibut, ray, skates, craw-fish, cuttle-fish, and prawns half as large as lobsters, together with devil-fish and oysters.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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