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nouncaudal fin. Automotive. See under fin1 (def. 7). Origin of tail finFirst recorded in 1675–85 Words nearby tail fintail covert, tailed, tailed frog, tail end, tail fan, tail fin, tailfirst, tail fold, tailgate, tailgater, tail-heavy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tail finThe tail-fin, which is deepest at mid-length, extends to the back of the head and is flecked with brown. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman In small larvae the outer edge of the tail-fin is dark brown. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman The tail shortens and finally disappears in the frogs and toads; with the salamanders the tail-fin only is lost. Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg The reader will see from the figure that the tail-fin is very large, and the backbone appears to run into the lower lobe. Extinct Monsters|H. N. Hutchinson
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