Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The red-dace, Notropis megalops.
  • noun The common yellow perch of the United States, Perca flavescens. Also yellowfin.
  • noun The redcusk, Dinematichthys or Brosmophycis marginatus.
  • noun The cyprinoid fish Notropis or Lythrurus ardens.
  • noun A cyprinoid fish, Notropis umbratilis, found in fresh waters of the eastern United States.
  • noun Same as redfish, 6.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small North American dace. The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins.

Etymologies

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red +‎ fin

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Examples

  • Yes | No | Report from michael sheehan wrote 24 weeks 5 days ago fresh water this spring; i caught a 18lb plus laker, using live bait, trolling a big 2inch redfin daise, no weight just a 3foot leader and a barrel swivel with asingle 2/0 steel hook. i thought my berkly med action pole was going to snap any second.

    Big Fish Fights 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from michael sheehan wrote 24 weeks 5 days ago fresh water this spring; i caught a 18lb plus laker, using live bait, trolling a big 2inch redfin daise, no weight just a 3foot leader and a barrel swivel with asingle 2/0 steel hook. i thought my berkly med action pole was going to snap any second.

    Big Fish Fights 2009

  • The redfin shiner, suckermouth minnow, redfin and orangethroat darters, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker, black and golden redhorses, spotted suckers, yellow and black bullheads, and flathead catfish occur; diversity and richness of aquatic fauna is markedly lower than in Ecoregions 38 and 39. 40b.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Common fishes include the bigeye, steelcolor, and redfin shiners, the orangethroat and redfin darters, and suckers including the creek chubsucker, golden and black redhorses, river carpsucker, spotted sucker, and smallmouth buffalo.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • The redfin and orangethroat darters, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker, black and golden redhorses, and channel and flathead catfishes occur in many streams. 29a.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Common minnows include the red, sand, and redfin shiners and the suckermouth minnow.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Just as the car and airline industry dealt with hotwire and expedia; the real estate industry will deal with zillow and redfin.

    Real estate agents are next « BuzzMachine 2006

  • I spent at least 40 hours of time studying the market, looking at houses and listings (much of it using redfin).

    Real estate agents are next « BuzzMachine 2006

  • Brownstoner. com Examines Brooklyn real estate and lifestyle Manhattan Beach Confidential, mbconfidential. com Lists open houses in the Manhattan Beach area of Los Angeles Redfin, redfin. com/home An online brokerage with blogs for many cities SocketSite,

    Housing Blogs Throw Stones 2008

  • Some of the more distinctive fishes in the clear mountain streams of this region include the Cape galaxias (Galaxias zebratus), an elongated, scaleless fish, as well as several species of endemic redfin minnows (Pseudobarbus spp.).

    Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region 2008

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