finny

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having fins or resembling a fin

   The fossil retained the finny outline of a small marine animal.

2. 2
   adj

   literary or poetic: relating to fish, consisting of fish, or abounding in fish

   The poet hailed the whale as king of the finny people.

3. 3
   noun

   British slang, dated: a five-pound note or the sum of five pounds

   The counterfeiter tried to pass a finny in a draper's shop.

The adjective is formed from fin and -y and has been used since the late sixteenth century for fin-bearing fish and, poetically, the world of fish. The unrelated British slang noun comes from fin, itself a slang term for a five-pound note.

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