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
Once he bought her a white evening dress, low neck, fish-tail train, pearls all over the front—cost him one whole week's salary, eighty-five dollars!
From Working With the Working Woman by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
Same year saw experimental "Limousine" flown by M. Legagneux, and fast but dangerous "clipped-wing" Gordon-Bennett racer with the fish-tail, flown by Mr. Hamel.
From The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition by Barber, H. (Horatio)
The blue fish-tail with its letter "M" had revealed the yacht's identity to searching glasses.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
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
