soft-finned
31mal|a|cop|ter|yg|i|an — «MAL uh KOP tuh RIHJ ee uhn», adjective. of or having to do with a group of soft finned, teleost fishes, in older classifications. ╂[< New Latin Malacopterygii the division name (< Greek malakós soft + ptéryx, ygos wing, fin < pterón… …
32Argentinidae — n. 1. 1 a family of small marine soft finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts. Syn: family {Argentinidae}. [WordNet 1.5] …
33clupeid — n. any of numerous soft finned schooling food fishes of the family {Clupeidae}, inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas. The group includes the herrings, menhaden, sardines, and shad. Syn: herring, clupeid fish. [WordNet 1.5] …
34Coregonidae — n. a natural family of soft finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family {Salmonidae}. Syn: family {Coregonidae}. [WordNet 1.5] …
35Cyprinodontidae — n. a large family of small soft finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies. Syn: family {Cyprinodontidae}. [WordNet 1.5] …
36Subbrachiales — Sub*brach i*a les, n. pl. [NL. See {Sub }, and {Brachial}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A division of soft finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so. [1913 Webster] …
37cyprinid — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin cyprinus carp, from Greek kyprinos Date: 1861 any of a family (Cyprinidae) of soft finned freshwater fishes including the carps and minnows • cyprinid adjective …
38herring — noun (plural herring or herrings) Etymology: Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring; akin to Old High German hārinc herring Date: before 12th century 1. either of two food fishes (genus Clupeus): a. one (C. harengus) that is abundant in… …
39carp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find fault or complain querulously • carper noun II. noun Date: 1904 complaint III …
40USS Salmon (SSR-573) — USS Salmon (SSR/SS/AGSS 573), a Sailfish class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers… …
