FISHTAILED

Verb

fishtailed

simple past tense and past participle of fishtail

Source: Wiktionary


FISHTAIL

Fish"-tail`, a.

Definition: Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish.

– Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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