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Word entry · 3 letters

fin

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"Fish's swimming organ"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /fɪn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted finStarts with FEnds with N7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. show the fins above the water while swimming

Word origin

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).

Used in a sentence

  • The fish's fins minimize water flow.
  • a dolphin's fin
  • The fin stabilises the plane in flight.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Fish's swimming organ3 letters
02Fish swimmer3 letters
03Fish's steering part3 letters
04Shark's visible part3 letters
05Shark's blade3 letters
06Five-dollar bill, slang3 letters
07Fish appendage3 letters

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