finfish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]finfish (plural finfishes or finfish)
- Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
- (informal) Short for finned fish. As in ray-finned fish. Term is used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used industrially to denote ordinary fish, rather than flatfish, eels and other seafood animals.
Related terms
[edit]- (adj): fishly, piscine, fishy (inf.)
- (astronomical): The Fish, Pisces
- (taxonomical): bony fish, finned fish, Osteichthyes, ray-finned
Translations
[edit]finned fish — see finned fish