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单词 redfin
释义

redfin

[ red-fin ]
/ ˈrɛdˌfɪn /

noun

any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.

Origin of redfin

First recorded in 1785–95; red1 + fin1

Words nearby redfin

red-faced, red feed, red fescue, Redfield, red-figure, redfin, red fir, red fire, redfish, red flag, red flash
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Example sentences from the Web for redfin

  • The redfin shiner flourished in all the streams surveyed except the Arkansas and Walnut Rivers.

    Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf

  • After an hour I found this the perching-place of fourteen Redfin tads, and at the very summit was Guinevere.

    Edge of the Jungle|William Beebe

British Dictionary definitions for redfin

redfin
/ (ˈrɛdˌfɪn) /

noun

any of various small cyprinid fishes of the genus Notropis, esp N. cornutus . They have reddish fins and are popular aquarium fishes
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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