redfin

[ red-fin ]

noun
  1. any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.

Origin of redfin

1
First recorded in 1785–95; red1 + fin1

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How to use redfin in a sentence

  • Compared with these polloi pollywogs, Redfins were as hummingbirds to quail.

    Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
  • Guinevere still danced in stately cadence, with the other Redfins at a distance going about their several businesses.

    Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
  • My Redfins were assuredly no common tadpoles, and an intolerant pollywog offers worthy research for the naturalist.

    Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
  • Each held a pure culture of Redfins, and I found that this was no accident, but aided and enforced by the tads themselves.

    Edge of the Jungle | William Beebe
  • The city boy who spends his vacation in the rural parts and fishes for dace, redfins or sunfish, knows the Solitary Sandpiper.

British Dictionary definitions for redfin

redfin

/ (ˈrɛdˌfɪn) /


noun
  1. any of various small cyprinid fishes of the genus Notropis, esp N. cornutus . They have reddish fins and are popular aquarium fishes

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