spiny-finned fish

Questions about spiny-finned fish

What does spiny-finned fish mean?

spiny-finned fish means "a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays".

What is another word for spiny-finned fish?

Close synonyms include acanthopterygian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of spiny-finned fish?

The recorded antonyms are soft-finned fish.

Is spiny-finned fish a common word?

spiny-finned fish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.