threadfin

[ thred-fin ]

noun

any of the silvery, spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.

Origin of threadfin

First recorded in 1885–90; thread + fin¹

Words Nearby threadfin

threadbare
thread blight
threaded
threaded glass
thread escutcheon
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threadfish
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thread-line fishing
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British Dictionary definitions for threadfin

threadfin

/ (ˈθrɛdˌfɪn) /

nounplural -fin or -fins

any spiny-finned tropical marine fish of the family Polynemidae, having pectoral fins consisting partly of long threadlike rays

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