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threadfin
CIDE DICTIONARY
threadfin, n.
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
threadfin, n. any small tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with long streamers from its pectoral fins.
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