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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THREADFIN

THREADFIN Thread "fin `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

threadfin

thread fin |ˈTHredˌfin ˈθrɛdˌfɪn | noun a tropical marine fish that has long streamers or rays arising from its pectoral fins, locally important as a food fish. [Family Polynemidae: several genera and species. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

threadfin

thread |fin |ˈθrɛdfɪn | noun a tropical marine fish that has long streamers or rays arising from its pectoral fins, locally important as a food fish. Family Polynemidae: several genera and species.