Thread"fin` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of fishes
belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long
pectoral filaments.
Thread"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A carangoid fish
(Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft
dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
Thread"i*ness (?), n. Quality of being thready.
Thread"-shaped` (?), a. Having the form of a thread; filiform.
Thread"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any long, slender nematode worm,
especially the pinworm and filaria.
Thread"y (?), a. 1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready
roots of a shrub.