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blunt-finned

|blunt-finned|

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/ˈblʌnt.fɪnd/

having rounded fins

Etymology
Etymology Information

'blunt-finned' originates from Modern English as a compound of 'blunt' and 'fin', where 'blunt' meant 'dull' or 'rounded' and 'fin' meant 'a limb or appendage of a fish'. ('blunt-finned'は現代英語の複合語で、'blunt'と'fin'から成り、'blunt'は「鈍い・丸い」を、'fin'は「魚のひれ」を意味した。)

Historical Evolution

'blunt' comes via Middle English 'blunt' (also spelt 'blont') and is related to Germanic words meaning 'dull' or 'rounded'; 'fin' comes from Old English 'finn' (or Middle English 'fin'), ultimately from a Proto-Germanic root for a fish's appendage. The compound formed in Modern English by straightforward combination of the two elements to describe fin shape. ('blunt'は中英語の'blunt/ blont'に由来し「鈍い・丸い」を示すゲルマン語系と関係がある。'fin'は古英語の'finn'(中英語'fin')に由来し、魚の付属肢を指す原ゲルマン語が起源である。現代英語で両要素を組み合わせてひれの形を表す複合語が作られた。)

Meaning Changes

Individually, 'blunt' originally conveyed the sense of 'dull' or 'rounded', and 'fin' referred to a fish appendage; together the compound came to mean specifically 'having rounded (not pointed) fins'. (個別には、'blunt'は元来「鈍い・丸い」を示し、'fin'は魚の付属肢を指した。両者を組み合わせることで『先が丸いひれを持つ』という具体的な意味になった。)

Meanings by Part of Speech

Adjective 1

having fins that are blunt, rounded, or not pointed; used especially to describe fish or marine animals whose fin tips are rounded rather than sharp.

The blunt-finned specimen swims slowly along the reef, its rounded fins limiting sudden bursts of speed.

Synonyms

rounded-finneddull-finnedblunt-lobed

Antonyms

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