threadfin

thread·fin

T0183100 (thrĕd′fĭn′)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 or -fins (Animals) any spiny-finned tropical marine fish of the family Polynemidae, having pectoral fins consisting partly of long threadlike rays

thread•fin

(ˈθrɛdˌfɪn)

n. any spiny-rayed fish of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin terminating in threadlike rays. [1885–90]

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threadfin - mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rayspercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformesfamily Polynemidae, Polynemidae - threadfinsbarbu, Polydactylus virginicus - found along western Atlantic coast