blackfin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blackfin
Example Sentences
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In February, a genomics study appearing in Nature Ecology & Evolution drew attention to the bizarre Antarctic blackfin icefish, which swim in the brutally cold waters off the coast of the southernmost continent.
From Scientific American • May 6, 2019
Today, the Antarctic blackfin icefish, or Chaenocephalus aceratus, thrives in these frigid waters with no scales, blood as clear as water and bones so thin, you can see its brain through its skull.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2019
Forrister and I approached a school of several hundred three- to four-foot-long blackfin barracuda, their perfect predator bodies and mouthfuls of keen teeth unsettling but mesmerizing to watch.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2016
Over the years it has caught Spanish and cero mackerel, bluefish, jack crevalle, bonito, blackfin tuna and even a seatrout.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had already tangled with a few blackfin tuna and a shark big enough to take the lower unit off an outboard, were it so inclined.
From Time Magazine Archive
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