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Definition of "finny" [fin•ny]

  • Having a fin or fins. (adjective)
  • Resembling a fin; finlike. (adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or full of fish. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "finny" in a sentence
  • "He calls his finny friends, in a scene that gave me goosebumps:"
  • "The general effect of the spectacle is as if one watched an endless kind of finny Grand National"
  • "The computer-animation studio's digital marvels, whether populated by creatures furry, finny or metallic, serve as his personal scrapbook of Hallmark moments."
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