Meaning of finnage | Babel Free

Definitions

fins on something such as a fish.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“A good Platy should have⟳ a deep body, well spread⟳ finnage, and bold colour; for example, Red Platies must have⟳ a scarlet-red body with the red spreading into the fins. They should not be of the pinky orange shade which we so often see⟳.”

“Betta splendens comes from further India, where it inhabits stagnant, overgrown waters. Wild fish⟳ lack the magnificent finnage characteristic of the cultured forms which dominate the trade⟳, the former being practically impossible to obtain⟳.”

“The F1 offspring produced would all be gray-green in color with normal finnage. Sampling in the subsequent generation would reveal⟳ a number⟳ of phenotypes: gray-green with normal fins, gray-green with long fins, pink with normal fins, and ...”

“A breeder who wants males with great length and breadth of finnage is well advised to choose⟳ both the males and females with the most substantial finnage as breeding stock⟳. Doing so will not only increase⟳ the finnage ...”

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