finned
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3.5
- adjective
- /fɪnd/
- The amphibious vehicle was equipped with finned attachments to enhance its stability in water.
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Examples
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My periodically Guild friend of feathered pen and finned fishes.
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You must guide us, my little finned friend.
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Finned legs kick across the screen, fish appear.
Fiction book (1995) -
And that's possibly what we see in the way for for ray finned fish, they have more of these stripes that develop in their in their fins.
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With Tiktaalik, an intermediate stage between finned Eusthenopteron and footed Ichthyostega has come into focus.
Academic text (2006) -
Finned 15-pound downrigger balls sporting Cannon's Offshore Releases on 4-foot drops provided the depth control, and we targeted depths from 100 to 140 feet.
Blog text (11) -
The fish swam gracefully through the water with its finned body creating smooth waves.
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The model airplane features a finned design that allows it to glide better through the air.
Synonyms
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8.4
A fish whose fins have hard, sharp points instead of soft parts
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8.1
With fins that are soft and flexible rather than hard and spiny
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5.9
Having long fins often seen on some fish
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.9
A fish with thick, fleshy fins that look like small limbs, including living and fossil kinds
How Finned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word finned comes from fin, the name for a fish's flat, thin, wing-like part, and the ending -ed that means 'having'. So finned simply means 'having fins' or thin, fin-like pieces, which is why we call a radiator, tail light, or tool handle 'finned' when it has those thin pieces.