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fantail

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fan·tail  (fntl)
n.
1. Any of a breed of domestic pigeons having a rounded, fan-shaped tail.
2. Any of several birds of the genus Rhipidura of eastern Asia and Australia, having a long, fan-shaped tail.
3. Any of a breed of goldfish having a wide, fanlike double tail fin.
4. A fanlike tail or end.
5. Nautical The stern overhang of a ship.
fantailed adj.
fantail
Noun
1. a breed of domestic pigeon with a large tail like a fan
2. a fly-catching bird of Australia, New Zealand, and SE Asia with a broad fan-shaped tail
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Noun1.fantail - an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
afterdeck - a deck abaft of midships
overhang - projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
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The fantail has thirty or even forty tail-feathers, instead of twelve or fourteen, the normal number in all members of the great pigeon family; and these feathers are kept expanded, and are carried so erect that in good birds the head and tail touch; the oil-gland is quite aborted.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Seeming never to need sleep himself, he would reappear, with a tied-up broken head, in fantail hat and velveteen smalls, like an accursed goblin, at the most unholy and untimely hours.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
The woolly-heads made a run for me, each with a long-handled, fantail tomahawk with which to hack off my head.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
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