: having a fin or fins
… the real stars of underwater acoustics are the finned marine mammals, including whales, porpoises and dolphins.Todd Preston
a finned Cadillac
a finned cylinder
often used in combination
The 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

Examples of finned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 See all Example Sentences for finned 

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of finned was in the 14th century

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“Finned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finned. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

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