finny
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪni
Adjective
finny (comparative finnier, superlative finniest)
- (of a fish) Having one or more fins
- Resembling a fin
- Abounding in fishes.
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
- Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,
- Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes;
- With patient angle trolls the finny deep,
- Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
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