Without fins; not having fins as a characteristic feature.
From fin + -less (suffix meaning without). A straightforward compound term.
Finless whales are a misnomer—whales always have fins, but 'finless' porpoises are actually real and named that way, which confuses marine biologists and is a reminder that common names in nature are often accidentally misleading.
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