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Fish-Tail
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.