- Butterfly tail
Butterfly tail may refer to:
*V-tail , an arrangement of the tail onaircraft .
*Butterfly tail (goldfish) , abreed ofgoldfish .
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butterfly tail — butterfly tail, an aircraft tail assembly having the stabilizers and elevators set at an acute dihedral, forming a V … Useful english dictionary
Butterfly tail (goldfish) — The butterfly tail goldfish or jikin, as it is known in Japan, is believed to have been developed from the hardy wakin, a Japanese goldfish variety (also common in China and the rest of Asia) which is very similar to the river carp. Fancy… … Wikipedia
butterfly tail — An arrangement whereby two surfaces forming a high dihedral perform the function of conventional horizontal and vertical tail surfaces (i.e., elevator and rudders). This permits easier recovery from spins besides being more effective, more… … Aviation dictionary
Butterfly Koi — Butterfly Koi, Longfin Koi, or Dragon Carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio , which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi (… … Wikipedia
Butterfly stroke — Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke. The butterfly (colloquially among swimmers known as fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and… … Wikipedia
Butterfly ray — Taxobox name = Butterfly rays image caption = Smooth butterfly ray, Gymnura micrura regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Rajiformes familia = Gymnuridae subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
butterfly fish — ▪ fish any of the approximately 115 species of small, quick moving marine fishes in the family Chaetodontidae (order Perciformes). Butterfly fishes are found among tropical reefs around the world but are concentrated in the Indo Pacific oceanic… … Universalium
tail — 1. n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 a a thing like a tail in form or position, esp. something extending downwards or outwards at an extremity. b the rear end of anything, e.g. of a… … Useful english dictionary
Butterfly perch — Taxobox | name = Butterfly perch image caption = Photo by Ian Skipworth regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Serranidae subfamily = Anthiinae genus = Caesioperca species = C. lepidoptera… … Wikipedia
Butterfly ray — Ray Ray, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[ae], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow tailed species,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
