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Tail fin

noun

A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane. Synonyms: tailfin, vertical fin, vertical stabiliser, vertical stabilizer.

One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile. Synonyms: fin, tailfin.

The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates. Synonym: caudal fin.

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"Tail fin" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mr Frewen, who was as interested as the rest; but before the word was well uttered, I had given the line a sharp snatch just as the running noose was in the narrow part before where the tail fin curved out above and below ...

— Sail Ho! - A Boy at Sea • George Manville Fenn

Words linked to "Tail fin" : ornament, heterocercal fin, fish, auto, machine, stabilizer, automobile, ornamentation, motorcar, car, homocercal fin, vertical tail, decoration