As they came to the join where the tail-shaped wing of the building met the body, Miw-Sher pressed her finger against a stone in the wall and it opened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acorna's Rebels]

The secret, revealed by scanning electron microscope, lies in the silk's tail-shaped protein fibres which change structure in response to water.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Eskimo's tail-shaped fur coats -- of men wrecked on the shores of Asia who might have qualified for Darwin's missing link, inasmuch as they wore "tails.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward] Reference

Images of the aquatic mammals are all over, from tail-shaped sun screens to the costumed character greeting guests and posing for pictures near the park entrance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hispanic Business Magazine] Reference

PhysOrg reports how it works: "The secret ... lies in the silk's tail-shaped protein fibres which change structure in response to water.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference