fish-tail

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The corkscrews Amber placed in her hair shrivel down into a thick fish-tail braid dangling below her waist.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

His face was the colour of ripe fruit of the jujube-tree, his hair and beard red, the former done up in the shape of a fish-tail, and he had three eyes.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

What, that big beast that looks as if it was made of india-rubber, with long whiskers and a sort of fish-tail?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

There was a train of a fish-tail sort, a little twitching afterthought.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

The quivering darkness under the banyan blotted everything: death had dispersed the black minnows there, in oozy wriggles of shadow; but next moment the fish-tail stripes chased in a more lively shoal.

From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner