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thread·fin  (thrdfn)
n. pl. threadfin or thread·fins
Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Polynemidae, having threadlike rays extending from the lower part of the pectoral fin.
threadfin [ˈθrɛdˌfɪn]
n pl -fin, -fins
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any spiny-finned tropical marine fish of the family Polynemidae, having pectoral fins consisting partly of long threadlike rays
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Noun1.threadfin - mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike raysthreadfin - mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
family Polynemidae, Polynemidae - threadfins
barbu, Polydactylus virginicus - found along western Atlantic coast
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