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Definition of Threadfin
1. Noun. Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays.
Group relationships: Family Polynemidae, Polynemidae
Specialized synonyms: Barbu, Polydactylus Virginicus
Definition of Threadfin
1. n. Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
Definition of Threadfin
1. Noun. Any of many perciform fish of the family ''Polynemidae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Threadfin
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Medical Definition of Threadfin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Threadfin
Literary usage of Threadfin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"threadfin shad were stocked into Sooner Lake, Oklahoma in 1980. ... By 1981,
threadfin shad had become an important food of largemouth bass «450 mm long, ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"NEMIPTERIDAE threadfin BREAMS AND SPINECHEEKS The threadfin breams are generally
fairly ... Inshore shallow water near reefs. 30 cm. Arabian threadfin Bream ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"In a recent visit to San Diego the writer saw in the possession of an animal
artist, Miss Annie Andrews, good paintings of the threadfin, ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Shoulder-girdle of a threadfin, Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett).
line extends on the caudal fin as in the ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... acuta 224 Shoulder-girdle of a threadfin, ... threadfin 225 Shoulder-girdle
of a Stickleback, ..."
6. Recirculation edited by Peter W. Perschbacher (1995)
"Overwintering threadfin shad through intensive culture. The Progressive Fish-Culturist
45(2):90-93. Epifanie, CE, G. Pruder, M. Hartman and R. Srna. 1973. ..."
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