fin : Idioms & Phrases

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Adipose fin

  • (Zoöl.), a soft boneless fin.
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Apidose fin

  • . (Zoöl.) See under Adipose, a.
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Caudal fin

  • noun the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
    caudal fin.
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  • (Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
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Chirographer of fines

  • (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.
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dorsal fin

  • noun unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance
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fin de siecle

  • adjective satellite relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century)
    • fin de siecle art
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fin keel

  • noun a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
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Fin ray

  • (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes.
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Fin whale

  • noun large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
    finback; common rorqual; finback whale; Balaenoptera physalus.
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  • (Zoöl.), a finback.
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fin-footed

Fin"-foot`ed adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
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fin-toed

Fin"-toed` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.
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fines herbes

  • noun a mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs
    • an omelet flavored with fines herbes
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heterocercal fin

  • noun a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks
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homocercal fin

  • noun symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes
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lobe-finned fish

  • noun any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
    crossopterygian; lobefin.
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long-fin tunny

  • noun large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
    albacore; Thunnus alalunga.
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Paired fins

  • (Zoöl.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals.
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pectoral fin

  • noun either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement
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pelvic fin

  • noun either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
    ventral fin; pelvic fin.
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soft-finned

  • adjective of or relating to fish with soft fins
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Soft"-finned` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.
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soft-finned fish

  • noun any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
    malacopterygian.
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soup-fin

  • noun Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
    Galeorhinus zyopterus; soupfin shark; soupfin.
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spine-finned

Spine"-finned` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
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spiny-finned

  • adjective of or relating to fish with spiny fins
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spiny-finned fish

  • noun a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
    acanthopterygian.
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tail fin

  • noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
    tail fin; vertical stabilizer; vertical stabiliser; tailfin.
  • noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
    fin; tailfin.
  • noun the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
    caudal fin.
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Unpaired, ∨ Median, fins

  • (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.
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ventral fin

  • noun either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
    ventral fin; pelvic fin.
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Ventral fins

  • noun either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
    ventral fin; pelvic fin.
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  • (Zoöl.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat.
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vertical fin

  • noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
    tail fin; vertical stabilizer; vertical stabiliser; tailfin.
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Whale fin

  • (Com.), whalebone. Simmonds.
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