redfin

English

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Etymology

From red +‎ fin, having a red dorsal fin, especially males in the breeding season.

Noun

redfin (plural redfins)

1. A common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.

   Synonym: roughhead

2. A redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis), of the central US.
3. Any of certain species of genus Moxostoma of large suckers of North America, the males having red tail fins during mating season.

   Synonym: redhorse

Synonyms

• shiner

Derived terms

• big-scaled redfin (Pseudaspius hakonensis)
• Eastern Cape redfin (Pseudobarbus afer)
• fiery redfin (Pseudobarbus phlegethon)
• giant redfin (Pseudobarbus skeltoni)
• Maluti redfin (Pseudobarbus quathlambae)
• Mongolian redfin (Chanodichthys mongolicus)
• Pacific redfin (Pseudaspius brandtii)
• redfin bully (Gobiomorphus huttoni)
• redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis)
• redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus)
• redfin robber (Brachyalestes affinis)
• redfin shark
• redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis)
• redfin worm-eel (Scolecenchelys laticaudata)
• smallscale redfin (Pseudobarbus asper)
• Verlorenvlei redfin (Pseudobarbus verloreni)

References

• “redfin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “redfin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Friden, Friend, finder, friend, frined, refin'd, refind