How do you use Finfish in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Finfish in a sentence
Finfish meaning
- Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
- Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
Using Finfish
- The main meaning on this page is: Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish | Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
Context around Finfish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Finfish
- In this selection, "finfish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, take and management stand out and add context to how "finfish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adf g finfish management biologists and finfish in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "finfish" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with finfish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the other hand, marine mammals regularly take finfish from farms, which creates significant problems for marine farmers. (18 words)
Wastes from cage cultures Mariculture of finfish can require a significant amount of fishmeal or other high protein food sources. (20 words)
Finfish In the 1970s many fin fish, particularly the rock cod, a high volume low value fish citation were exploited to near-extinction. (23 words)
Broodstock acquisition at WNH has improved, but CCH continues to remain behind anticipated levels, said ADF&G finfish management biologists Jeremy Botz and Heather Scannell. (25 words)
Finfish In the 1970s many fin fish, particularly the rock cod, a high volume low value fish citation were exploited to near-extinction. (23 words)
Wastes from cage cultures Mariculture of finfish can require a significant amount of fishmeal or other high protein food sources. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Broodstock acquisition at WNH has improved, but CCH continues to remain behind anticipated levels, said ADF&G finfish management biologists Jeremy Botz and Heather Scannell.
Finfish In the 1970s many fin fish, particularly the rock cod, a high volume low value fish citation were exploited to near-extinction.
On the other hand, marine mammals regularly take finfish from farms, which creates significant problems for marine farmers.
Wastes from cage cultures Mariculture of finfish can require a significant amount of fishmeal or other high protein food sources.