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TAIL FIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
Synonyms:
caudal fin; tail fin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tail fin" is a kind of...):
fin (organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tail fin"):
heterocercal fin (a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks)
homocercal fin (symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes)
Holonyms ("tail fin" is a part of...):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
Synonyms:
fin; tail fin; tailfin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tail fin" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Holonyms ("tail fin" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
Synonyms:
tail fin; tailfin; vertical fin; vertical stabiliser; vertical stabilizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tail fin" is a kind of...):
stabilizer (airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft)
Holonyms ("tail fin" is a part of...):
vertical tail (the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft)
