Fingerling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fingerling is a noun meaning (zoology) A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
Meaning
(zoology) A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
More Meanings
- A type of small potato grown primarily in North America.
- An infant weasel, stoat, ferret; esp. weasels.
- (by extension) Any finger-sized version of something typically larger.
Example Sentences
Oh, but those little crab-lingered fingerlings really wanted to get in! Now some were trying to claw up through an old knothole whose bole had aged and didn’t sit true in the plank. […] But here came the dwarf opening her door, and the spiderlets melted away.
Word Forms
- fingerlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sparling, fishling, smolt, samlet, finnock, flounderling.
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