Jastrow: סְנַפִּיר

סְנַפִּיר f. (b. h.; = סַנְפִּיר; ספר with anorganic נ; cmp. סִמְפּוֹרִין, fins. Ḥull. III, 7. Nidd. VI, 9 כל … יש לו ס׳ every fish that has scales has also fins; ויש שיש לו ס׳ וכ׳ but some have fins but no scales. Sifra Sh’mini, ch. IV, Par. 3 אפי׳ אין לו אלא ס׳ אחת even if it has only one set of fins; a. e.—Pl. סְנַפִּירִים, סְנַפִּירִין, סְנַפִּרִ׳. Ib. המרבה … ובס׳ one that has more than one coat of scales and one set of fins. Ib. (ref. to Job XLI, 22) ḥaddudé ḥares אלו ס׳ שלו refers to its (the Leviathan’s) fins. Ḥull. l. c. וס׳ הפורח בהן by s’nappirin is meant that organ with which it speeds its movements.—[Yalk. Lev. 645 סנפירים, v. סַלְפִּינְגָּס.]