Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having fins supported by sharp, spiny, inflexible rays. Used of a fish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ichthyology, having spinous fin-rays; spine-finned; acanthopterygious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to fish with spiny fins
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Examples
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Among the spiny-finned fishes, the Sticklebacks are the prettiest, but so savage that they often occasion much mischief.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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The next two cases include the remaining specimens of the spiny-finned fish.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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Cuvier, with not a few of the ichthyologists who preceded him, arranged the fishes into two distinct series, -- the Cartilaginous and Osseous; and these last he mainly divided into the hard or spiny-finned fishes, and the soft or joint-finned fishes.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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