Soft-finned Fish (Noun)
Meaning
Any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The herring is a soft-finned fish that is often pickled and served as a snack.
- Soft-finned fish, such as the sardine, are typically small and oily.
- The eel is a type of soft-finned fish that has a long, slender body.
- Soft-finned fish have fins that are soft and lack spines, unlike the hard-finned fish.
- Many species of soft-finned fish, such as the herring and capelin, are an important food source for larger fish and marine mammals.