redfin
nounEtymology From red + fin, having a red dorsal fin, especially males in the breeding season.
1
A common shiner, a small North American dace of species Luxilus cornutus.
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.
- Synonyms
- shiner
- Derived terms
- big-scaled redfin, Eastern Cape redfin, fiery redfin, giant redfin, Maluti redfin, Mongolian redfin, Pacific redfin, redfin bully, redfin perch, redfin pickerel, redfin robber, redfin shark, redfin shiner, redfin worm-eel, smallscale redfin, Verlorenvlei redfin