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redfin
[ red-fin ]
/ ˈrɛdˌfɪn /
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noun
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
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Words nearby redfin
red-faced, red feed, red fescue, Redfield, red-figure, redfin, red fir, red fire, redfish, red flag, red flash
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How to use redfin in a sentence
At G-16, next downstream, this species was joined by large numbers of black bullheads and a few redfin shiners and red shiners.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. MetcalfThe redfin shiner flourished in all the streams surveyed except the Arkansas and Walnut Rivers.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. MetcalfAfter an hour I found this the perching-place of fourteen Redfin tads, and at the very summit was Guinevere.
Edge of the Jungle|William Beebe
British Dictionary definitions for redfin
redfin
/ (ˈrɛdˌfɪn) /
noun
any of various small cyprinid fishes of the genus Notropis, esp N. cornutus . They have reddish fins and are popular aquarium fishes
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