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What is the adjective for fins?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb fin which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

finny
  1. (of a fish) Having one or more fins
  2. Resembling a fin
  3. Abounding in fishes.
  4. Examples:
    1. “If you can get the finny little fellows interested, they might become curious.”
      “Most are roundly hated by Australians, who judge most finny creatures by their eating qualities.”
      “The trivial name of the Cyprinus auratus, one of the most superb of the finny tribe.”
finless
  1. Lacking a fin or fins; without fins.
finlike
  1. Resembling a fin, especially in shape.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Whales have streamlike bodies with highly compressed neck vertebrae, dorsal fins, and a tail with two finlike flukes arranged horizontally.”
finned
  1. Having fins.
  2. Examples:
    1. “After my release from the tangle of ropes, we finned past broken windows along a companionway, and found a door ripped from its hinges.”
      “A sand channel led us up and through to the other side, where we finned quickly towards the bow.”
      “Still 8m off the 42m seabed, we finned over the deck gratings above the pressure hull.”
finnier
  1. comparative form of finny: more finny
  2. Examples:
    1. “But rather than scoop one out of her own courtyard pool, Razieh is fixated on a fatter, finnier one she saw in a pet shop.”
finniest
  1. superlative form of finny: most finny
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