tailfin

IPA: tˈeɪɫfɪn

A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin
A fin on the tail of an aircraft, vertical stabilizer
(automotive) A fin-like projection at the rear of a car, common on American cars of the 1950s.

tail fin

IPA: tˈeɪɫfˈɪn

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Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
"" That's the tail-fin solution -- we don't need gadgets, we need ideas. ''
It acts, that is, like the rump-feathers in birds, or the tail-fin in fishes.
Combine these weird limbs with the triangular tail-fin, and you can understand why there has been some uncertainty over how metriorhynchids swam.
This move by Lexus represents the latest nail in the coffin of a high-class motoring concept that goes back to the tail-fin Cadillacs of the 1950s.
On the other side of the stage was a car Nissan actually intends to sell, the Nissan GT-R, a nearly 500 horsepower gas-chugging machine with a tail-fin on the back.
The make and model, this single piece, tail-fin designed, is particularly a signature of the Iranian armed forces, as are the geometrics, says the explosives expert.
These four limb-fins are useful chiefly as balancers, while the tail-fin is what sends the fish darting through the water, or turns it to right or left, with incredible swiftness.
Chevy's Tahoe, a full-size SUV, also has its GMC - and Cadillac-branded sister vehicles, each with distinct design teams, marketing campaigns and dealerships dating from an era when the divisions competed with one another with paint colors and tail-fin shapes.