fantail
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fantail/ˈfanteɪl/
▶noun
- 1 a fan-shaped tail or end.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. the overhanging part of the stern of a warship.
- 3 a domestic pigeon of a broad-tailed variety.
- 4 (also fantail flycatcher) a SE Asian and Australasian flycatcher with a long tapering tail, often fanned out. [Genus Rhipidura: numerous species.]
– derivatives
fan-tailed adjective.
fan-tailed adjective.
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