tail fan

noun Zoology.

the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion.

Origin of tail fan

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby tail fan

tail cone, tail covert, tailed, tailed frog, tail end, tail fan, tail fin, tailfirst, tail fold, tailgate, tailgater

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Example sentences from the Web for tail fan

The uropods no longer form a tail-fan, but are adapted for firmly wedging the hind part of the body into the coils of the shell.
The Life of Crustacea|William Thomas Calman
The uropods are generally very small, and do not form a tail-fan.
The Life of Crustacea|William Thomas Calman
T, telson, having the uropods or appendages of the last abdominal somite spread out on either side of it, forming the “tail-fan.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tail fan

tail fan

noun

the fanned structure at the hind end of a lobster or related crustacean, formed from the telson and uropods

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单词	tail fan
释义	tail fan noun Zoology. the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion. Origin of tail fan First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby tail fan tail cone, tail covert, tailed, tailed frog, tail end, tail fan, tail fin, tailfirst, tail fold, tailgate, tailgater Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tail fan The uropods no longer form a tail-fan, but are adapted for firmly wedging the hind part of the body into the coils of the shell. The Life of Crustacea\|William Thomas Calman The uropods are generally very small, and do not form a tail-fan. The Life of Crustacea\|William Thomas Calman T, telson, having the uropods or appendages of the last abdominal somite spread out on either side of it, forming the “tail-fan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7\|Various British Dictionary definitions for tail fan tail fan noun the fanned structure at the hind end of a lobster or related crustacean, formed from the telson and uropods Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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