NOUN | artifact | tail fin, vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |
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artifact | tail fin, tailfin, fin | one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile | |
animal | tail fin, caudal fin | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates |
Meaning | A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane. | |
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Synonyms | vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tailfin | |
Part of | vertical tail | The vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
Broader | stabilizer | airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft |
Spanish | estabilizador de dirección | |
Catalan | estabilitzador vertical |
Meaning | One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile. | |
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Synonyms | tailfin, fin | |
Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation | Something used to beautify |
Meaning | The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates. | |
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Synonym | caudal fin | |
Part of | fish | Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
Narrower | heterocercal fin | A tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger / larger lobe as in sharks |
homocercal fin | symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes | |
Broader | fin | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals |
Spanish | aleta caudal | |
Catalan | aleta caudal |
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