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finfish

finfish noun: any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish.

Noun

finfish (plural finfishes or finfish)

  1. Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
  2. (informal) Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.

Forms of finfish

pluralfinfishes
pluralfinfish

Origin of finfish

From fin + fish.

Questions about finfish

What does finfish mean?
Finfish means any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish.
What part of speech is finfish?
Finfish is a noun.
What is the plural of finfish?
The plural of finfish is finfishes.

Words near finfish in the dictionary

  1. finetunes
  2. finetuning
  3. finew
  4. Finey
  5. Finfinne
  6. finfish
  7. finfishes
  8. finfluencer
  9. finfluencers
  10. finfold
  11. finfolds

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