finned
Like a shark
Finned describes something having fins or fin-like projections.
Fish are finned, as are certain missiles and radiators designed with protruding blades to aid cooling or stability: a finned heat sink, the finned tail of a rocket.
The word often appears in compound forms: red-finned, long-finned.
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- sharkCartilaginous marine predator
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- troutFreshwater game fish
- bassDeep pitch or fish
pike · tuna · mackerel · barracuda · sardine · herring · anchovy · guppy
Physics of air motion
- hydrodynamicsScience of liquid motion
- dragResistance through fluid
- laminarArranged in thin layers
- flowUnbroken forward movement
turbulence · velocity · propulsion · glide · efficiency · fluid dynamics · lift · slipstream
Device absorbing component warmth
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
conduction · airflow · cooling · ventilation · overheating · temperature · aluminum · copper
Fitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- locomotionAbility to travel independently
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- tetrapodFour-limbed vertebrate animal
coelacanth · lungfish · phylogeny · speciation · homologous · limb development · transitional · Devonian
dorsal
Of the back
anal · tail · spine · cartilage · bone · muscle · swimbladder · operculum · gills · scales
fish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
bass · pike · tuna · mackerel · barracuda · sardine · herring · anchovy · guppy · angelfish
aerodynamics
Physics of air motion
- hydrodynamicsScience of liquid motion
- dragResistance through fluid
- laminarArranged in thin layers
flow · turbulence · velocity · propulsion · glide · efficiency · fluid dynamics · lift · slipstream · torpedo
heat sink
Device absorbing component warmth
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
convection · conduction · airflow · cooling · ventilation · overheating · temperature · aluminum · copper · circulation
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- locomotionAbility to travel independently
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
tetrapod · coelacanth · lungfish · phylogeny · speciation · homologous · limb development · transitional · Devonian · paleontology
- sea creature adjectivesfish-shaped, eel-like, tentacled, flippered
- animal traitsfur, tail, claws, teeth, wings
- creature traitsclaws, fangs, horns, scales, talons
- mermaid wordsscaly, shimmery, iridescent, pearlescent, opalescent
- shark finningRemoving fins, discarding carcass