finny
Like a trout
Finny means having fins or relating to fish.
The word appears in literary or poetic contexts: the finny tribe, finny creatures of the deep.
It sounds old-fashioned and deliberately quaint, more likely encountered in 19th-century verse than contemporary prose.
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- ichthyologyScientific study of piscine life
- piscineOf or like fish
- schoolingFormal education received
- troutFreshwater game fish
salmon · mackerel · cod · perch · carp · pike · bass · catfish
Foot-worn swim aids
tailfin · propulsion · gliding · maneuvering · hydrodynamic · streamlined · webbed · paddle
Water-inhabiting
- underwaterBelow the surface
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- waterClear essential liquid
freshwater · saltwater · brine · depths · reef · estuary · coral · kelp
Plates or weighing devices
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- operculumAnatomical lid structure
- swim bladderFish buoyancy organ
barbels · slippery · streamlined · cold-blooded · vertebrate · cartilage · skeleton · jawless
fish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- ichthyologyScientific study of piscine life
- piscineOf or like fish
- schoolingFormal education received
trout · salmon · mackerel · cod · perch · carp · pike · bass · catfish · eel
flippers
Foot-worn swim aids
ventral · tailfin · propulsion · gliding · maneuvering · hydrodynamic · streamlined · webbed · paddle · ray
aquatic
Water-inhabiting
- underwaterBelow the surface
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
water · freshwater · saltwater · brine · depths · reef · estuary · coral · kelp · seaweed
scales
Plates or weighing devices
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- operculumAnatomical lid structure
swim bladder · barbels · slippery · streamlined · cold-blooded · vertebrate · cartilage · skeleton · jawless · bony
- tail finRear swimming appendage
- dorsal finFish's rear stabilizer
- shark finsPredatory fish appendages
- swim finFoot blade for swimming
- shark fin soupBroth featuring predator cartilage
- shark finningRemoving fins, discarding carcass
fin, fins, finned, finning, dorsal fin, finfish, finless, finlike, finback