The tail consists of 4 segments: neck region, midpiece, principle piece and endpiece.

尾部又分4段：颈段、中段、主段和末段。

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The scientists also looked at a piece of the tail of Sinosauropteryx, the first feathered dinosaur ever found.

科学家们同样也研究了中华龙鸟尾部的一片化石，这是目前找到的最早有羽毛的恐龙。

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The tail is made of hand-carved disks suspended by wires which move when the piece is touched.

孔雀的尾巴采用手工雕刻的盘，当接触这件作品时，由金属丝悬挂的盘就开始动起来。

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Photographs show the violent force deformed the plane's fuselage, forced the tail wheel to deploy and likely resulted in the plane's trim tab -- a piece of the tail -- to fly off, the safety board said.

CNN: NTSB: Pilot overwhelmed by g-forces in Reno crash

So far a portion of the skull and jaw, both hands and arms, elements of both feet, a piece of the tail, vertebrae and ribs have been discovered.

BBC: News | Sci/Tech | New dinosaur discovered in England

He believes that the capacity to produce art evolved in a way similar to that famous piece of natural frippery, the peacock's tail.

ECONOMIST: Come up and see my etchings