Meaning Of The Word Soft-finned

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soft-finned in American English
having fins with soft rays instead of hard spines
adjective: having fins supported by articulated rays rather than by spines, as a malacopterygian

soft-finned in British English
adjective: (of certain teleost fishes) having fins that are supported by flexible cartilaginous rays

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