Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tail_fin

3 senses of tail fin

Sense 1
vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tail fin, tailfin -- (a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane)
       => stabilizer -- (airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft)

Sense 2
tail fin, tailfin, fin -- (one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile)
       => decoration, ornament, ornamentation -- (something used to beautify)

Sense 3
tail fin, caudal fin -- (the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates)
       => fin -- (organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals)