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
It eschews the finny ostentation of the '50s.
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
In 1957, when G.M.'s committees might have been concerned with the mounting sales of compacts, they decided instead that the wave of the future lay in Chrysler's finny "Forward Look" cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the blue-fish abounds you need not try for other sort: he is lord high admiral of the finny tribes.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
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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