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Noun: threadfin  'thred,fin
  1. Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
    "Threadfins are named for their distinctive elongated pectoral fin rays"

Derived forms: threadfins

Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: family Polynemidae, Polynemidae

Encyclopedia: Threadfin