redfin

[red-fin]

noun

any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.

Origin of redfin

First recorded in 1785–95; red¹ + fin¹

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Historical Examples of redfin

After 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
The redfin shiner flourished in all the streams surveyed except the Arkansas and Walnut Rivers.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas
Artie L. Metcalf

British Dictionary definitions for redfin

redfin

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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