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Threadfin

Definition: Threadfin

Threadfin

Noun

1. Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Threadfin

Synonyms by domain: five-rayed threadfin (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), giant African threadfin (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Commercial Usage: Threadfin

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nemipterid fishes of the world : Threadfin breams, whiptail breams, monocle breams, dwarf monocle breams, and coral breams, family Nemipteridae : a annotated and illustrated catalogue of Nemipterid species known to date (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Threadfin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

shad threadfin

12

threadfin

10

rainbow threadfin

3

butterfly fish threadfin

2

threadfin uss

2

pacific threadfin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Threadfin

Language Translations for "threadfin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stor trådfinnefisk (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin), firstrålet trådfinnefisk (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

grote kapiteinvis (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rihmaevä-laji (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

French

  

gros capitaine (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin), capitaine quatre rayons (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

German

  

Kapitänsfisch (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin), Fingerfisch (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μυστακόψαρο γίγας (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Italian

  

grancapitano (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadfinthray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

barbudo gigante (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

barbudo rayado (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin), barbudo gigante africano (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kaptensfiskar (five-rayed threadfin, giant African threadfin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Threadfin

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Polynemus quadrifilis, Polynemus quadrifilis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Threadfin

Derivations

Words beginning with "threadfin": threadfins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Threadfin"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "threadfin" (pronounced thre"dfi'n)
3-f i' ncoffin, dauphin, elfin, Griffin, Olefin, puffin, tiffin.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Threadfin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-h-i-n-r-t"

-1 letter: antherid.

-2 letters: airthed, antired, defiant, detrain, fainted, fainter, faithed, hairnet, handier, indraft, inearth, trained.

-3 letters: adrift, airted, anther, ardent, dafter, dearth, denari, detain, dither, fadein, fainer, faired, father, finder, friend, hafted, hafter, haired, hanted, harden, hatred, hernia, hinder, hinted, hinter, infare, rafted, rained, ranted, ratine, redfin, refind, retain, retina, rident, rifted, thenar, thread.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-h-i-n-r-t"
 

+1 letter: pathfinder, threadfins.

 

+2 letters: pathfinders.

 

+3 letters: fainthearted, godfathering, handicrafter.

 

+4 letters: featheredging, handicrafters, hyperinflated.

 

+5 letters: faintheartedly, farsightedness, featherbedding, featherbrained, grandfathering, handicraftsmen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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