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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT-FINNED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT-FINNED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soft-Finned is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT-FINNED

soft-boiled
soft-boiled egg
soft-bound
soft-centred
soft-coated wheaten terrier
soft-core
soft-cover
soft-focus
soft-focus lens
soft-footed
soft-headed
soft-headedness
soft-launch
soft-liner
soft-pedal
soft-pedalled
soft-pedalling
soft-shell
soft-shell clam
soft-shell crab

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT-FINNED

banned
binned
chinned
dark-skinned
fair-skinned
finned
ginned
grinned
pale-skinned
pinned
sequinned
shinned
sinned
skinned
thick-skinned
thin-skinned
thinned
tinned
twinned
underpinned
unpinned

Synonyms and antonyms of soft-finned in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soft-finned» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT-FINNED

Find out the translation of soft-finned to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft-finned from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft-finned» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软翅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- blando con aletas
570 millions of speakers

English

soft-finned
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम finned
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لينة الزعانف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкая плавниками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soft- barbatanas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম-ডানার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doux à nageoires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkilat lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weichflosser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトフィン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 지느러미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus-finned
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mềm vây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான திருக்கை போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ-फिनंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak yüzgeçli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soft- alettato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

soft- żebrowane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´яка плавниками
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

soft- aripioare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακά πτερύγια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte Vinnige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soft -finned
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soft -finned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft-finned

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-FINNED»

The term «soft-finned» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.581 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-FINNED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft-finned

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT-FINNED»

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1
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Possessed of these distributions, the French naturalist mixes and unites them into two grand divisions. All the prickly-finned fish make one general division ; all the soft-finned fish another. Those first are distinguished from each other, as being ...
Oliver Goldsmith, 1875
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A history of the earth, and animated nature
The prickly-finned fish have received the Greek new-formed name of Acanthopterigii ; the soft-finned fish have likewise their harbarous Greek name of Malacop- terigii. Thus far Artedi has supplied Mr Gouan with names and divisions .
Oliver Goldsmith, 1855
3
Animated nature
fish are divided into Prickly-finned fish, and Soft- finned fish. Again, Linnaeus has taught him to remark the situation of the fins ; for the ventral or belly fins, which are those particularly to be remarked, are either wholly wanting, as in the eel, and  ...
Oliver Goldsmith, 1825
4
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
Tht fi&rts that have bony prickly sins, are called prickly- finneci fishes ; the latter, that have soft or cartilaginous fins, are called soft-finned tidied. All fpinout fifties are therefore divided into prickly- finned fishes, and (oft-finned fishes. " Linnzus ...
‎1777
5
Natural History of Birds
All the prickly finned fish make one general divifion 5 all the soft finned fifli another. These first are distinguished from each other, as being either apodal, jugular, thoracic or abdominal. Thus there are prickly finned apodal fifties ; prickly finned ...
Samuel Ward, 1776
6
Birds, pt. 5-6. Fishes, pt. 1-4. Of frogs, lizards and serpents
On the other hand, the soft- finned fishes fall under a similar distribution, and make the other general division. Thus there are soft- finned apodal fishes, soft- finned jugular fishes, soft- finned thoracic fishes, and soft-finned abdominal fishes .
Oliver Goldsmith, 1824
7
The Gentleman's Magazine
The French naturalist theq mixes and unites these dil'iibutiont into two 2r»nd divisions. All the prickly-finned filet snake one general -division ; all the soft finned fifties another. These first are diltinguillied from each other, at being either afedal, ...
John Nichols, 1777
8
Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining
Prickly-finned fish making one general division, and the soft-finned filh another, there ate prickly-finned apodal fishes, prickly ... are soft- finned apodal fishes, soft -finned jugular fishes, soft-finned thoracic fillies, and soft-sinned abdominal fiflies.
Francis Fitzgerald, 1787
9
Goldsmith's history of fishes, reptiles, insects, etc: with ...
All the prickly-finned fish make one general division ; all the soft' finned fish another. These first are distinguished from each other, as being either apodal, jugular, tTioracic, or abdominal. Thus there are prickly-finned apodal fishes; pric kly ...
Oliver Goldsmith, 1838
10
History of the Earth and Animated Nature
The fish that have prickly fins are called bony, Prickly-finned Fish ; the latter, that have soft or cartilaginous fins, are called Soft.finned Fish. The prickly-finned fish have re'ceived the Greek new-formed name of Acantlzopterigz'z'; the soft-finned ...
Oliver Goldsmith, 1805

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT-FINNED»

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Two Good Guys, Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley & Jessie Vargas
Why would Money May or Da Manny fight that young blood for $20mil of so, when they can fight each other or soft-finned Amir Khan and even skill-less Sadam ... «The Sweet Science, May 15»
2
Tiger muskies rule at Curlew Lake
If given the option, the muskies strongly prefer feeding on soft-finned fish, Baker said. "Although the tiger musky diet in Curlew is roughly 50-50 pikeminnow and ... «The Columbian, Aug 14»
3
Landers: Big tiger muskies keep coming for area anglers
If given the option, the muskies strongly prefer feeding on soft-finned fish, Baker said. “Although the tiger musky diet in Curlew is roughly 50-50 pikeminnow and ... «The Spokesman Review, Aug 14»
4
Maverick of the Russian masters
“Katerina Lvovna rose up almost to the waist, threw herself on Sonetka [her rival] like a strong pike on a soft-finned little roach, and neither of them appeared ... «Irish Times, Dec 13»
5
Anglers follow walleye that trail shad — the Lake Erie food chain
And walleye prefer eating soft-finned gizzard shad, rather than yellow perch, white perch and white bass. While anglers prowl major harbors at night to troll or ... «Plain Dealer, Nov 11»
6
Large Cichlid Fish
Soft-finned fishes, such as characins and poeciliids, appear to be preferred prey, but P. dovii can — and routinely does — take smaller cichlid fish as well. «FishChannel.com, Jun 11»

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