THREADFIN


Meaning of THREADFIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌfin ]

noun

Date: circa 1890

: any of various bony fishes (family Polynemidae, especially genus Polydactylus ) having elongated filamentous rays on the pectoral fin ; also : a fish (as Dorosoma pretense of the herring family) having usually one similar ray extending from a fin

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