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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
tail fan
 
NOUN: The fanlike posterior structure of a lobster, shrimp, or other crustacean, formed from the telson and the last pair of uropods and used for backward locomotion.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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  tail end tail fin  
 
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