fin
Example Sentences
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The first lobe finned fish that developed limbs capable of supporting movement on land still relied heavily on aquatic environments.
From Science Daily
He began tossing things out —a Ping-Pong paddle, a cowboy hat, a hand puppet, swim fins.
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My hair was lightening in color, and my hands were callused and bleeding from handling fish with spiny fins and scales.
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But as he watched, there rose from the water a herd of horses; horses with long tails and fins, colored silver and sea-green, leaping like dolphins from the water.
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“For the first time since automobiles had fins, the world stands in awe of a car from the United States,” the automotive enthusiast magazine Road & Track raved in a 2012 review.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.