redfin
redfin noun: a common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.
Noun
redfin (plural redfins)
- A common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.
- Synonyms:
- roughhead
- A redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis), of the central US.
- Any of certain species of genus Moxostoma of large suckers of North America, the males having red tail fins during mating season.
- Synonyms:
- redhorse
Synonyms of redfin
Forms of redfin
| plural | redfins |
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Origin of redfin
From red + fin, having a red dorsal fin, especially males in the breeding season.
Words formed from redfin
- big-scaled redfin
- Eastern Cape redfin
- fiery redfin
- giant redfin
- Maluti redfin
- Mongolian redfin
- Pacific redfin
- redfin bully
- redfin perch
- redfin pickerel
- redfin robber
- redfin shark
- redfin shiner
- redfin worm-eel
- smallscale redfin
- Verlorenvlei redfin
Phrases with redfin
Questions about redfin
- What does redfin mean?
- Redfin means a common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.
- What part of speech is redfin?
- Redfin is a noun.
- What is the plural of redfin?
- The plural of redfin is redfins.
Words near redfin in the dictionary
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