fish tails
Swimmer's rear propellers
Fish tails names the rear end of a fish, where the tail fin propels movement through water.
More commonly, it describes a vehicle's back end swinging side to side on a slippery surface, mimicking that motion: The truck fishtailed on the icy road.
Also spelled as one word: fishtail.
- fishtailRear-end lateral skid
- swimmingLocomotion through water
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- underwaterBelow the surface
deep sea · maneuverability · vertebrate · currents · propulsion · skid · oscillation · hydrodynamics · thrust · steers · undulation · ocean · swerving · icy roads · loss of control · aquatic · slippery when wet · marine
- seafood wasteshrimp shells, crab shells, lobster shells, oyster shells, mussel shells