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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How to use redfin in a sentence

Compared with these polloi pollywogs, Redfins were as hummingbirds to quail.
Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
Guinevere still danced in stately cadence, with the other Redfins at a distance going about their several businesses.
Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
My Redfins were assuredly no common tadpoles, and an intolerant pollywog offers worthy research for the naturalist.
Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
Each held a pure culture of Redfins, and I found that this was no accident, but aided and enforced by the tads themselves.
Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
The city boy who spends his vacation in the rural parts and fishes for dace, redfins or sunfish, knows the Solitary Sandpiper.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 1 [January 1901] | Various

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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