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threadfin

threadfin

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A tropical sea fish like a mullet with long thin rays on its side fins
  • noun
  • /ˈθrɛdˌfɪn/
  • Specialized
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  • Anglers often use threadfin shad as bait because they attract a variety of fish species.
  • threadfin shad

Examples

  • You're seeing thousands of small threadfin shad all around you, but there's only one problem: those pesky 12-inchers are all over them, and you don't feel like competing against them.

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  • Many anglers get caught up in what I like to call "threadfin tunnel vision."

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  • Why waste a bunch of energy on dinky threadfins when you can enjoy a full-course meal of a tasty gizzard shad?

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  • When shad, both gizzard and threadfin, are being pursued by hungry bass, they swim frantically in every direction in order to confuse and disorient the bass.

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  • The lake was full of threadfin shad, making it an ideal spot for fishing during the summer.

  • After the storm, the shoreline was teeming with threadfin, providing ample food for larger fish.

Surface Forms

threadfin singular
threadfins plural

Morphology

threadfin = thread + fin (transparent) = thread + fin

A straightforward compound: 'thread' + 'fin' describes a fin with threadlike rays, so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Threadfin comes from the English parts thread ('a thin string') and fin ('the part a fish uses to swim'). It is named for the long, threadlike rays on its pectoral fins, so the name helps you picture a fish with very thin, thread-like fins.