: having a fin or fins
… the real stars of underwater acoustics are the finned marine mammals, including whales, porpoises and dolphins.—
Todd Preston
Todd Prestona finned Cadillac
a finned cylinder
—often used in combinationThe first postwar car with fins and V-8 power set a mood of exuberance that reached its peak with the shark-finned Caddy of 1959.—Joseph R. Szczesny
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Gorgo, who resembles Godzilla with larger claws and finned ears that are, frankly, kind of cute, is captured and sold to a London circus … only for his much, much larger mother to smash through Big Ben and rescue her baby.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Notably, there were concerns about the fragility of a finned tibial tray, one of the four pieces of the knee replacement that fits into the shin bone, according to the whistleblower lawsuit.
—Fred Schulte, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
The Curtiss, by contrast, looks vicious: satin-black, ears back, with eight finned cylinders churning out 40 horsepower, a big dog ready to bite.
—Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The museum said the finned animal appears in fossil records before the existence of trees and sharks have survived five mass extinctions.
—Cortney Moore, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
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James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Notably, there were concerns about the fragility of a finned tibial tray, one of the four pieces of the knee replacement that fits into the shin bone, according to the whistleblower lawsuit.
—Fred Schulte, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
The Curtiss, by contrast, looks vicious: satin-black, ears back, with eight finned cylinders churning out 40 horsepower, a big dog ready to bite.
—Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The museum said the finned animal appears in fossil records before the existence of trees and sharks have survived five mass extinctions.
—Cortney Moore, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
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“Finned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finned. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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