Dictionary entry

Fish-tail

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fish″–tail′ (?), a. 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.