Definitions
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- noun A
fin at the tail (of a fish orairplane ) - noun automotive A fin like projection at the rear of a car, common on American cars of the 1950s.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
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Examples
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In the fish markets of Asia, the tailfin from a basking shark can fetch nearly $10,000 (£5,250), a price tag justified not by its nutritional value, but its desirability as a vast sign on which restaurants can advertise their shark fin soup.
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The retro media centre was Thomas Thomassen's Final Major Project in BA (Hons) Modelmaking for Design and Media at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth -- it's an atompunk* tailfin fantasy that would look absolutely fantastic atop your giant console TV, serving as your home's media hub.
Boing Boing 2009
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Much of the detailing echoes Zeppelin design, while its V8 Ford engine is a mounted at the rear, under a long tailfin designed to both cool the engine and increase stability.
Norman Foster's back-to-front car Jonathan Glancey 2010
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Dinner, I say like Banzi! and take up the fish by the tailfin and separate it from its flamingo.
Live Sacrifice 2010
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February 11th, 2008 at 5: 30 am where the heck is the tailfin?!
MACH-5 A2: Fly Sydney to Brussels in 4hrs – Emissions Free! | Inhabitat 2008
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The lower lobe of the tailfin of every flying fish I ever saw is noticeably larger than the upper lobe.
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On the top of the plane near its tailfin, a hole through the fuselage.
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You had Flight 587, where the tailfin fell off -- assembly out on Long Island.
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You can see some damage on a tailfin that happened during the flight.
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Blew off the tailfin, so the chopper whips round a few times and crashes into a ravine.
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