threadfin
English
Etymology
From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛdfɪn/
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Noun
threadfin (plural threadfins or threadfin)
- Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
Derived terms
- African blackspot threadfin
- Arabian blackspot threadfin
- Atlantic threadfin
- Australian threadfin
- black-finned threadfin
- blackspot threadfin
- eightfinger threadfin
- giant African threadfin
- Indian sevenfinger threadfin
- Indian threadfin
- Javanese threadfin
- king threadfin
- largemouth striped threadfin
- lesser African threadfin
- littlescale threadfin
- long-limb threadfin
- paradise threadfin
- Persian blackspot threadfin
- river threadfin
- royal threadfin
- sevenfinger threadfin
- Sheridan's threadfin
- sixfinger threadfin
- slender fivefinger threadfin
- small-mouthed threadfin
- splendid threadfin
- striped threadfin
- threefinger threadfin
- yellowthread threadfin
Translations
fish of the family Polynemidae
Further reading
threadfin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia