tail fin

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tail fin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tail fin
      n 1: a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of
           an airplane [syn: vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser
           , vertical fin, tail fin, tailfin]
      2: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear
         fenders of an automobile [syn: tail fin, tailfin, fin]
      3: the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates [syn:
         tail fin, caudal fin]