fish-tail

Example Sentences

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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

Observe here that the tadpole's gills share the same fate as his fish-tail; they wither and disappear by slow degrees, and gradually as they do so, his lungs are developed.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean

The efficiency of this "fish-tail" burner was somewhat higher than that of the earlier ones.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

But Bob was made of different stuff, and he began now to work the boat along by paddling softly, fish-tail fashion.

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

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

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