fantail
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/ˈfænˌteɪl/
Definition of fantail
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
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noun
- Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
- Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
- Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail.
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An overhanging deck at the stern of a ship.
“The Paranoids cast off, backed the Godzilla II out from the pier, turned and with a concerted whoop took off like a bat out of hell, nearly sending Di Presso over the fantail.”
- A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
- A brimmed hat with just the back of the brim turned up.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From fan + tail. The sense of Rhipidura-genus birds is a calque of translingual Rhipidura.
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