Fin-footed

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• Fin

  ·noun A feather; a spline. II. Fin ·noun A blade of whalebone. III. Fin ·noun End; conclusion; obj...

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• fin

  An arm. A one finned fellow; a man who has lost an arm. SEA PHRASE. ...

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• fin

  [Anglo-Saxon, Finn]. A native of Finland; those are Fins who live by fishing. We use the whole for...

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• Footed

  ·adj Having a foothold; established. II. Footed ·adj Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot. II...

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• Fin keel

  ·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

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• Fin-toed

  ·adj Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate. ...

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• long-fin

  n. name given to the fish Caprodonschlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthiaslongimanus, ...

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• caudal fin

  The vertical median fin terminating the tail of fishes. ...

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• dorsal fin

  The median fin placed upon the back of fishes. ...

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• fin-back

  See finner. ...

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• fin-whale

  See finner. ...

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• ventral fin

  The posterior pair of fins under the body of fishes, corresponding to the hind legs of terrestrial q...

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• Cleft-footed

  ·adj Having a cloven foot. ...

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• Cloven-footed

  ·adj ·Alt. of Cloven-hoofed. ...

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• Flat-footed

  ·adj Firm-footed; determined. II. Flat-footed ·adj Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of th...

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• Leaf-footed

  ·adj Having leaflike expansions on the legs; — said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Le...

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• Light-footed

  ·adj Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. ...

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• Lobe-footed

  ·adj <<Lobiped>>. ...

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• Mouth-footed

  ·adj Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws. ...

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• Oar-footed

  ·adj Having feet adapted for swimming. ...

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• Polt-footed

  ·adj Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. ...

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• Rough-footed

  ·adj Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. ...

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• Sure-footed

  ·adj Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse. ...

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• Tickle-footed

  ·adj Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. ...

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• Tiger-footed

  ·adj Hastening to devour; furious. ...

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• Turtle-footed

  ·adj Slow-footed. ...

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• Web-footed

  ·adj Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl. ...

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• Wing-footed

  ·adj Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. II. Wing-footed ·adj Having wings attached ...

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• flat-footed

  Firm-footed, resolute; firmly, resolutely. A term belonging to the Western political slang with whic...

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• Fin de siecle

  ·add. ·- Lit., end of the century; — mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...

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• pig-footed bandicoot

  n. name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...

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• die on the fin, to

  An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...

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